Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] George Will explains it all Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:04:46 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:57:52 -0000, robgood3 wrote: >=A0I think you're both seeing regularity and mechanisms where= neither >=A0exist. =A0It's more like a random walk, and I don't think the= ground >=A0is even tilted. =A0There are feedback mechanisms in some= individual >=A0policy matters, but not overall. I believe the macro feedback very much exists . Consider the election of Margaret Thatcher and de-nationalization of many of the industries nationalized by the socialists after WW2 . Previous : >=A0--- In lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com, Bob Armstrong= =A0wrote: > Gary Popkin : >=A0>=A0>=A0>Yes, this seems so obvious (once it is explained) that it= is >=A0amazing that >=A0>=A0>=A0>Great Britain has been able to muddle through for 1000= years. > >=A0>=A0>=A0Maybe it has something to do with the maximization of= long-term >=A0> > government=A0largesse. > >=A0>=A0Yes , I believe this is very much the controlling factor . >=A0Hence , the >=A0>=A0"mixed" economy which in democracies leads to oscillation= between >=A0>=A0election of socialist and "conservative" governments . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Libertarian Presidential Candidates =A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm