Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] What's the LP position on this?
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 02:03:07 -0500
To:        <lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>

 There is a lot of silly economic fantasies running around here=
 .

 Local geographical monopolies exist . But cities and regions
 and their governments themselves are in competition with each
 other . And when they suck too big , people leave like they
 did from NYC in the `70s -- or try to -- as they do from all
 sorts of disfunctional dictatorships .

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:57:08 -0500, Sam Sloan wrote:
....
>=A0However, Bob Armstrong just made a good point. The Roman=
 Aquaducts were
>=A0built two thousand years ago. Millions of people drink water=
 from them.
>=A0Yet, the Romans have not yet gotten their money back.

 That's a non-sequitur way beyond what I said . I don't even 
 understand what it can mean .

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