Richard, Yes, old Cal and Marc were joined at the hip.:-) Jerry Richard Knoppow wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "WILLIAM SCHILLEREFF" <frwilliam@xxxxxxx> > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:07 AM > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: California and > Politics > > > NIxon? Does anyone rmember if the price controls worked. > > Sounds like a good idea but only if they have a chance of > > not screwing things up even worse! That was 1971 and we > > still had gas lines and high inflation, but did they > > accomplish some good? > > > > Bill Schillereff > > > It seems to me they did. The purpose was to stop runaway > inflation. This was a temporary fix. The original problem > was caused by incompetent fiscal policy. > I don't want to get started on this because it makes me > mad plus I will never convince those who think things are > just fine that they are not but a great deal of what is > popularly thought about economics is just myth. Too bad. > BTW, I recently saw a short speech by Calvin Coolege made > as a test of the Movietone film sound system. He spoke the > kind of nonsense that would fit right in today. Basically, > taxes are bad and are the root of all evil. > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list