Getting Hung Up on the Apple-Microsoft War

[Collins Richey]

On 8/11/06, Chong Yu Meng <chongym at cymulacrum.net> wrote:

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> You Americans have it good. I don't know if I've said this before, but
> the one thing I noticed on my two trips to the US, in 1993 and 2001, was
> the incredible prosperity of the place. I've been to San Francisco,
> Phoenix and Atlanta and I was just amazed at the gleaming buildings, the
> well-stocked pantries with bagels

> I remember thinking: where does the US make all that money to spend on
> staff benefits and incredible resources?

Well, it's not all roses - we do have our impoverished areas as well.
The essential difference is 200+ years of freedom to be all you can be
with many millions of people driving the economic engine. Let's just
leave it at that. The topic of incredible wealth vs. considerable
poverty (nothing to compare with the third world) leads rapidly to a
flame war or political harangues. Some can only focus on the
incredible benefits for those who work hard. Others can only see the
poverty of those who haven't made it so well.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.