OFF: Re: Foot & Mouth

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

when someone comes along who cares about people as much as about economics
and politics, then we may have someone to vote for.
Andy Garibaldi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Edlund Anderson" <cea at CARLAZ.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: Re: Foot & Mouth


> At 21.06 -0500 22.3.2001, Eric Siegerman wrote:
> >So, while the reaction may be excessive (I'm not really competent
> >to judge), there's evidence that it's not a case of the British
> >Government's being, all alone in the world, completely over the
> >top.
>
> I'm perfectly willing to believe that most governments are way over the
top ;)
>
> I'm certainly not competant to judge what the correct repsonse to the
> crisis is -- not least because there's so little information about
> what it is -- which is why my taxes theoretically employ people who
> are competant. But people have to dig around the net and asking their
> mates who are vetrinarians simply to find out what the cause of this
> crisis _is_.  We pay for this goverment, so where's our customer
> service? Can I demand my taxes back when the product doesn't live up
> to its advertising?
>
> But I think what really makes me nervous is not whether the
> government's policy is right or not, it's that they're saying "We
> *must* do X!  It's the only way!" without any to explanation of why.
>
> Rocky economic times, systems collapse, politicians saying "You have
> do this!"....it's all vaguely worrisome.  Whose to stop people
> putting some madman in power who promises to make the trains run on
> time ....?
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
> --
> Carl Edlund Anderson
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