-----Original Message----- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Nov 15, 2004 1:25 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: lit-ideas Digest V1 #129 "Feed the billionaire" http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/opinion/15herbert.html?oref=login&hp Monday, November 15, 2004, 3:53:09 PM, JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote: Jac> Since this country seems about as solvent as I am, I'm wondering......is Jac> there any country that is not up to its eyebrows in debt? Yep. We have similar structural problems to yours, beginning when Thatcher deindustrialized us. But we also have a Chancellor of the Exchequer who tells people where to go, and so far we aren't too badly off. But no-one's going to be stupid enough to refuse to lend you money :D A.A. Just wondering. Why do you say that? (I didn't read the article because I don't want to be bothered logging in. The NYT isn't worth the effort.) Andy Amago -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html