[lbo-talk] dollar/euro redux

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>How come that the nation of fat and lazy morons, plagued with
>monumental inefficiencies and waste, and producing very little tangible
>goods still wields power and enjoys one of the highest standards of
>living on earth?  The greenbacks for goodies exchange hypothesis
>explains that fairly well - the world makes it, the Yank takes it -- and
>feeds it to his fat, stupid, flag waving pigs.  

Wojtek, I'm surprised to hear this coming from you, of all people.  Not the 
vituperation, of course, but that you would swallow the myth of America.  
We're working the longest hours in the industrialized world.  Who's lazy?  We 
have less money and time than most Europeans.  We have the most draconian 
anti-labor laws, who's stupid?  We're also still fairly productive, although 
not to German or Japanese levels.  And who's enjoying the highest standard of 
living on earth?  Certainly not us, no healthcare or public transportation to 
speak of, terrible job conditions and hours, constant churning of workers, 
dysfunctional cities under the control of avaricious landlords and corrupt 
politicians, and not one functional payphone in the whole damn country.

Jenny Brown