From: Blanc <blancw@cnw.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 05:35:14 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: y2k as ideological opportunity
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In behalf of the Union of Unorganized Programmers, VZ Nuri-logical wrote:

>when the government finds itself in a crisis. it is
>true at the current rate it looks dismal for the govt to
>fix the problems in time, but govt has huge amounts of 
>monetary resources to throw at problems when it wants to.
>does anyone have any idea how much cash sloshes around in
>defense industries? 
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On the PBS daily economics news report the other day, and an economist was
warning that this y2k problem could lead to a recession (don't remember if
he said it would be mild or what).   This is a possibility that the rest of
us ought prepare for  (guess I'll have to see what Harry Brown has to say
about it).

    ..
Blanc