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From: elf@utcsrgv.UUCP (Eugene Fiume)
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Subject: Re: Doing only that ...
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Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 11:11:56 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 21 11:11:56 1984
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I am always amused by the argument that business should be left to
businessmen, because they know how to make a profit.  I suspect a
large proportion of them are just as adept at losing money as our
favourite whipping post.  ("Ah, but that's different, because when
businesses lose money, all that happens is that people lose their jobs
and go on pogey, and then businesses can claim to have a 'lean, tough'
new outlook and apply for government subsidies.")

I am always amused when business leaders blame the government for
their financial woes (invariably getting a sympathetic ear), and
yet when our government says that maybe the policies of our Good
Friends down south have something to do with our financial situation,
the same people cry foul.

I suppose ethnics like me are easily amused.

Eugene Fiume
U of Toronto