The real problem in forgiving foreign debt is that it penalizes
those countries that worked hard to pay off their debt.
Mike L.
AN5 10426
----- Original Message -----
From <JSoderling at aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: March 16, 2000 8:51 PM
Subject: Petrol Prices
>
> If Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Janet Reno would spend half the
effort and money
> going after the price fixing, collusion, and restraint of trade
currently
> being hoisted on the world by the oil producing nations, as they
have in
> trying to destroy one of the best and most competitive American
companies
> (Microsoft), we wouldn't have these high gas prices (or trade
imbalance).
> Our government will also prosecute any American citizen if
you've under paid
> your taxes by $1, but will forgive you millions of $'s of debt
if you are a
> foreign government or citizen.
> John
>
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