1997-03-09 - Re: Anguilla

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From: Vincent Cate <vince@offshore.com.ai>
To: Charles Platt <cp@panix.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-03-09 05:14:29 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 21:14:29 -0800 (PST)

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From: Vincent Cate <vince@offshore.com.ai>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 21:14:29 -0800 (PST)
To: Charles Platt <cp@panix.com>
Subject: Re: Anguilla
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Charles:
> his country shows few signs of libertarian ideology; e.g. they have a
> state-owned radio station, they haven't quite embraced the idea of
> competitive bids for government projects, and they still have a
> monopolistic phone service that has disabled all the pound and star keys
> on island phones so that people can't save money using American call-back
> services. 

I am going to have to check tomorrow and see about thse star and
pound keys.  It would amuse me if we had seen the birth of an urban
legend.

                          Anguilla         vs       USA
1) Income taxes           Libertarian             Socialist
2) Sales Taxes            Libertarian             Socialist
3) State owned radio      Yes                     Yes
4) Competative bids       Sometimes               Sometimes
5) Pound keys that work   ?  Will check           Yes
6) Reporting of finances  Libertarian             Totalitarian
7) Free Speech            Yes, sort of            Yes, sort of

  -- Vince






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