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Old 05-28-2003, 03:56 PM   #21 (permalink)
Lebell
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Originally posted by james t kirk
Business and patriotism have always seemed to be two different things, not only in the US, but all over the G-7.

I would argue that you can make this statement about any country in the world, be it a third world country where corrupt officials take payoffs to "facilitate" business transactions, or an oil rich country where government officials funnel off money into personal swiss bank accounts, or the officials at big first world corporations such as Enron.
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