Re: Limits of technology
From: John Leary <john_t_leary@y...>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 21:11:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Limits of technology
--- Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@webone.com.au>
wrote:
> OTOH... the US taxpayer gets good value from various
> arms of the US
> government. Billions of dollars of 2nd-rate
> US-originated stuff gets
> sold overseas despite adverse evaluations (compared
> with European
> competitors) due entirely to state department
> pressure.
The third hand in the scenario is that the
U.S. taxpayer is buying this stuff for the
foreign government through 'aid' packages.
Bye for now,
John L.
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