Where countries are poor, the kleptocrats have to resort to brutal repression to extract wealth. Also to extract a given quantity of wealth, the poor have to be kept poorer. So a Burmese general offers less rights than a U.S. Gingrichian. Alas, the the causality is reversed. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
