Re: shuttle disaster

[Gary Turner <kk5st@sbcglobal.net>]

Paul E Condon wrote:

>Gary Turner wrote:
>
>>DvB wrote:
>>
>>>Nathan E Norman <nnorman@incanus.net> writes:
>>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>>Yeah, after all it's not their money .. they just worked hard to earn
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>You don't "work hard" for stock dividends. You just put your money in
>>>stocks and they come all by themselves... although I guess I did word
>>>that a little strangely.
>>
>>Where the hell do you think the money came from?  If an investor can't
>>
>Actually, all money comes from the government, and the government uses 
>the banking system to distribute it. Try producing your own money. You 
>won't have much success.

Actually, money is a government certified medium of exchange for goods
and services.  In the above, s/money/goods and services/

eg.  Actually, all goods and services come from the government...Try
producing your own goods and services.

It's easy to forget that money is a reference, and a reference is not
the object.

>>expect a return, why should he put himself at risk?
>>
>>What kind of idiot was your economics prof?

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