"Now if your a poor country that's wanting
      to export a million dollars of footballs,
      your being forced to accept a million dollars
      worth of goods."


This line, as written, does not make sense.

It may have to do with the misuse of a certain
word, not once but twice, in place of a common
contraction that actually represents the two
words 'you are'.

The only acceptable substitutes (in Texas) would be 'yer'.

Jim



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Farr" <joe.farr@KCSL.UK.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages


> It's funny how this subject stirs strong reactions in people.
>
> Lyle, well said !
>
> Of course the question is 'why' are some of these countries in this mess
in the first place and how do they get out of it - and I say 'they' get out
and not us help them out. People are basically stupid (no disrespect to
anybody reading this) and only learn from their own mistakes. They need to
implement a solution themselves if their to solve their problems.
> Personally, I believe that these countries, and perhaps the rest of the
world are missing the point in the word 'trade'.
> Trade - I give you something you want, and you give me something I want.
> It's worth is in how bad you want what I have, and how bad I want what
you've got.
> It would be interesting to see a system where you can't export goods
unless you import goods of exactly the same value. If you want to sell your
million dollars of footballs to another country, you have to import a
million dollars of goods from a country (not necessarily the same one you
sell to).
> Local governments would make their whack on charging import duty on items.
> Now if your a poor country that's wanting to export a million dollars of
footballs, your being forced to accept a million dollars worth of goods.
Those goods are going to end up with the people. Eventually, your going to
have to import what the people want else your going to be out of government.
> You set the value of the goods being imported and exported by their street
value and not their 'perceived worth' so there's no fiddling.
>
> But hey, I'm no economist - just a person who lives in a country where
I've got plenty to eat and can spend my free time moaning about the price of
that new 60" TV I've got my eye on.
>
>
>

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