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  • #76
    I have the ultimate solution then! Let's send Kid over! He's already got all the answers....why, I'll bet he'd have them up and running by next weekend....anybody want to start a pool to buy him a ticket? See if he wants to put his money where his mouth is?

    -=Vel=-
    The list of published books grows. If you're curious to see what sort of stories I weave out, head to Amazon.com and do an author search for "Christopher Hartpence." Help support Candle'Bre, a game created by gamers FOR gamers. All proceeds from my published works go directly to the project.

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    • #77
      Did anyone stop to think that economic development doesn't happen in a day?

      What am I talking about? West Germany, Italy, France, Germany, and Japan...heck, they become economic superpowers in just a couple months...right?

      Give me a break.
      -rmsharpe

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      • #78
        Originally posted by rmsharpe
        Did anyone stop to think that economic development doesn't happen in a day?

        What am I talking about? West Germany, Italy, France, Germany, and Japan...heck, they become economic superpowers in just a couple months...right?

        Give me a break.
        Of course, but we want to see progress very fast. That will make success much more likely.
        I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
        - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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        • #79
          What exactly does Iraq produce besides oil?

          And WMDs?

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
            What exactly does Iraq produce besides oil?

            And WMDs?
            Nothing now.
            I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
            - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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            • #81
              Exactly where would these Iraqi made DVD players and other things people are want to spend money on suppossed to come from then.
              I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
              For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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              • #82
                Read the thread.
                I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
                - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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                • #83
                  I don't think that you adequately explained that. Nor do I think you adequately dealt with MtG's last comment.
                  Last edited by DinoDoc; July 11, 2003, 11:50.
                  I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                  For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                  • #84
                    grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                    The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by DinoDoc
                      I don't think that you adequately explained that. Nor do I think you adequately dealt with MtG's last comment.
                      Import the imputs that Iraqis need to start producing things for themselves. That way they have some protected industries to create jobs. Profits will be high and businesses will start up quickly.

                      MtGs last noninsult was something to the effect of 'leave it to the Iraqis.' I just thought that was ridiculous and I don't really have a response to it.
                      I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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                      • #86
                        So your solution is to go house to house, order the Iraquis (under threat of death, I'm guessing) NOT to buy those imported DVD players, but to instead, spend their money on stuff to start business with.

                        Yeah...I'm 100% sure that is the best way to make friends in the region....

                        -=Vel=-
                        The list of published books grows. If you're curious to see what sort of stories I weave out, head to Amazon.com and do an author search for "Christopher Hartpence." Help support Candle'Bre, a game created by gamers FOR gamers. All proceeds from my published works go directly to the project.

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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Velociryx
                          So your solution is to go house to house, order the Iraquis (under threat of death, I'm guessing) NOT to buy those imported DVD players, but to instead, spend their money on stuff to start business with.

                          Yeah...I'm 100% sure that is the best way to make friends in the region....

                          -=Vel=-
                          You are assuming that a majority of Iraqis are able to buy those imports. I doubt if that's true. I'm sure that most of them can't afford them even without the tariffs. So what the authorities have done is made friends with a minority and pissed off the majority who need jobs. That's the old colonial game.
                          I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
                          - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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                          • #88
                            Dude...you weren't making much sense before, and now, you're making even less.

                            Are the Iraquis, or are they not, buying DVD players and stuff?

                            If they are, then it has got to be "a majority of" Iraquis, or the dollar amount you're talking about won't be significant to the country as a whole. If it is a minority of people who are buying them, then so what? A thousand people buying DVD players isn't gonna make or break the Iraqui economy, I'm happy to say.

                            -=Vel=-
                            The list of published books grows. If you're curious to see what sort of stories I weave out, head to Amazon.com and do an author search for "Christopher Hartpence." Help support Candle'Bre, a game created by gamers FOR gamers. All proceeds from my published works go directly to the project.

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                            • #89
                              You do realize that they were importing this same stuff during while the sanctions regime was in place, don't you? Why would you expect this trade to cease now that the trade is legal?
                              I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                              For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by Kidicious


                                Of course, but we want to see progress very fast. That will make success much more likely.
                                ...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
                                ...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - Snotty

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