US-UK tensions

[Michael Perelman]

Doug's article is very illuminating.  I had not realized that stakes in the Afghan
war.  We are fighting for the freedom to fly a kite.

Doug Henwood wrote:


> [from the WB's daily clipping service]
>
> Half of the world's population lives on less than $2 a day, while the
> richest 20
> percent consumes more than 80 percent of the world's resources, according to
> United Nations Development Program statistics.  We [the United States] profess
> to care about this inequity, says Milloy. But when it comes to
> putting our money
> where our mouth is, we say, "Go fly a kite."

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
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