On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 07:30:54PM +0400, ChrisD(RJ) wrote:
>
> Corruption is the biggest obstacle to EVERYTHING. (And corruption is
> parasitic upon low salaries for government employees, which is itself
> parasitic upon people not paying any taxes, depriving the government of the
> money it needs to pay people. The main reason bureaucrats and cops are such
> avid bribe-takers is that they don't earn enough to live. A cop in Moscow
> earns something like $80 a month. You cannot raise a family for $80 a month,
> believe me.)
>
--- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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