I'm not anti-business, but I am anti-internationlism. I think that the President has a duty to renegotiate the terms of the contract to benefit his country. I don't know much about their history down their, but if the regime that was in power before made sweet deals that benefitted the big companies and the officials got kickbacks (which is pretty much standard practice everywhere) then he has to change the deals. That's my take on it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Munn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 6:56 PM Subject: Re: Ah, Jeez, Here We Go Again ... > I'll give you ten bucks if this move actually improves their economy. > > Ask yourself this one question. Why is it that many of the most > resource-rich nations on the planet- especially resource-rich in oil and > gas- have had some of the most screwed-up, corrupt, repressive regimes in > human history? When the state controls the natural resources, the people > who > control the state see all that money flowing, and they can't resist > dipping > their hand in the till, so to speak. It is exactly the problem Gruss > talked > about economics. Governments are not robots, they are collections of > people, > and they fall prey to the same failings and temptations as people > everywhere. > > Lots of folks like to bash big corporations. But think about it like this. > Well, take ExxonMobil, multiply it by fifty, give the CEO his own army and > control over the legislature, the courts, and the police, and you have > Venezuela. That is why nationalization doesn't work. > > On 5/3/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> It seems to me that he is taking the powere away from the international >> companies in favor of the nation... although it's a bit heavy handed, >> it's >> legal and I think it's proper. Why should all of that money leave the >> country? If it's oil-rich, then the population should be much better >> off. >> Like those Mid-East countries. >> >> >> > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206172 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
