Re: [OT] Happy New Year and E911

--- John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Let's say instead, trade unfettered by beauracracy. 
> Minimal governmental regulation--hence few
> opportunities for corruption.

John, why do you think you need a governmental regulation before
there can be corruption?  There was no real regulation in the...
lessee, 1950s / 1960s I think it was, when Lockheed execs were
bribing foreign procurement officials to buy their fighter
planes over the competitions, but that didn't prevent an outcry
against them (and the enactment of the anti-corruption "Lockheed
Law" in the US, which we have tried to push onto other nations
with limited success) when it was discovered.

I suppose you can make the arguement that if there's no rule
against it, the person in charge of buying your equipment can
simply go with whoever pays him or her the most -- but that's
not all that likely to get you the best equipment, is it?

			   Aaron Teske
			   Mithramuse@njaccess.com
			   aka Mithramuse@yahoo.com

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