Re: Food Checkout Week

On 2008-02-16, Keith F. Lynch <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> David Harmon <bad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I hear that across the Pacific, lots of petty officials get wages
>> that, without the bribes, would be pretty low.
>
> The problem of bribery of petty officials has been solved in the US
> by giving all of them enormous salaries.  The only downside is that
> taxes are high, government borrowing (which raises interest rates and
> stifles investment in useful enterprises) is high, and housing prices
> have been bid up by the myriads of petty officials to the point where
> the median private-sector salary can only just barely pay for a
> low-end apartment.

.... in DC, and environs.

-- 
Aaron Denney
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