Tony Smith wrote:
>> At the risk of starting another economics-related thread and
>> being sucked into it... :)
>>
>> Government is always less efficient at spending money, than
>> the private sector. It's just the nature of the beast (recall
>> our recent Shuttle software development discussion) -- those
>> in the private sector who waste money, are sooner or later
>> self-destruct. What's worse, the government always invents
>> uses for the extra money it collects -- you often hear about
>> new taxes, but how often do you hear about tax repeals?
>
> We should have put Government in charge of the dot.com boom.  Sure, a lot 
> of
> money got wasted there (your definition of waste may vary), but imagine 
> what
> could have happened!

I still have a "cat" from that era in my "odd things" box. The company that 
produced it is long extinct.

By the way, sorry about the "are sooner or later self-destruct". It started 
out as "are sooner or later eliminated" that I made an unsuccessful attempt 
to change into "sooner or later self-destruct."

It's late, I'm going home. :)

Vitaliy

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