> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John > > And I will add that stock holders also don't care about the > long term anymore. .... > The same is true of governments today. No long term thinking. > They think only to the next election. Imperial Rome died from > this (IMO, but I'm not a historian).
ITYM "They think only OF the next election." In many ways, the "good ole USA" died with JFK, but like the freshly-decapitated chicken, doesn't yet realize that it's dead. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html