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		<title>By: GabbyD</title>
		<link>http://stuartsantiago.com/con-ass-economics/#comment-1503</link>
		<dc:creator>GabbyD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;so i’m not sure what you mean by when you say “the rich are benefitted…thats a great reason for charter change.” is your tongue in cheek? i hope so.&quot;

not at all. i only meant that if a change benefits some people, leaving most unchanged, that there is no reason to gainsay the change.

for example, if the world had only u and i in it, and say further i was richer. 

any change that makes me richer, but leaves your position unchanged is OK right? the rich person is still a person right?


about your first point, i was thinking about what you meant by &quot;common&quot;. common, as in lahat? or common as in majority. 

i&#039;ve confirmed you meant majority.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;so i’m not sure what you mean by when you say “the rich are benefitted…thats a great reason for charter change.” is your tongue in cheek? i hope so.&#8221;</p>
<p>not at all. i only meant that if a change benefits some people, leaving most unchanged, that there is no reason to gainsay the change.</p>
<p>for example, if the world had only u and i in it, and say further i was richer. </p>
<p>any change that makes me richer, but leaves your position unchanged is OK right? the rich person is still a person right?</p>
<p>about your first point, i was thinking about what you meant by &#8220;common&#8221;. common, as in lahat? or common as in majority. </p>
<p>i&#8217;ve confirmed you meant majority.</p>
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		<title>By: angela</title>
		<link>http://stuartsantiago.com/con-ass-economics/#comment-1502</link>
		<dc:creator>angela</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@gabby ;) sorry i didn&#039;t realize that &quot;common good&quot; still has to be defined.  obvious naman that common good refers to the good of the majority, some 70 percent or so poor.  so what good will opening up the economy to foreign ownership do for them. all that widening in the past hasn&#039;t improved their lot since gatt.  

so i&#039;m not sure what you mean by when you say &quot;the rich are benefitted...thats a great reason for charter change.&quot;  is your tongue in cheek?  i hope so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@gabby ;) sorry i didn&#8217;t realize that &#8220;common good&#8221; still has to be defined.  obvious naman that common good refers to the good of the majority, some 70 percent or so poor.  so what good will opening up the economy to foreign ownership do for them. all that widening in the past hasn&#8217;t improved their lot since gatt.  </p>
<p>so i&#8217;m not sure what you mean by when you say &#8220;the rich are benefitted&#8230;thats a great reason for charter change.&#8221;  is your tongue in cheek?  i hope so.</p>
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		<title>By: GabbyD</title>
		<link>http://stuartsantiago.com/con-ass-economics/#comment-1501</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@angela

by common good, you mean the poor? anyone who&#039;s not rich? 

you need to write down a stronger statement -- it hurts the non-rich (insert definition of rich here), while giving money to the rich (who will then not invest, but take the capital outside the country) -- or something like that.

your statement implies that the non-rich aren&#039;t affected, but the rich are benefitted. if thats what happens, thats a great reason for charter change -- at least someone gets better off eh?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@angela</p>
<p>by common good, you mean the poor? anyone who&#8217;s not rich? </p>
<p>you need to write down a stronger statement &#8212; it hurts the non-rich (insert definition of rich here), while giving money to the rich (who will then not invest, but take the capital outside the country) &#8212; or something like that.</p>
<p>your statement implies that the non-rich aren&#8217;t affected, but the rich are benefitted. if thats what happens, thats a great reason for charter change &#8212; at least someone gets better off eh?</p>
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		<title>By: angela</title>
		<link>http://stuartsantiago.com/con-ass-economics/#comment-1500</link>
		<dc:creator>angela</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>gabbyd ;)  changing economic provisions won&#039;t do anything FOR THE COMMON GOOD, only for the good of vested interests and the oligarchic status quo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>gabbyd ;)  changing economic provisions won&#8217;t do anything FOR THE COMMON GOOD, only for the good of vested interests and the oligarchic status quo.</p>
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		<title>By: GabbyD</title>
		<link>http://stuartsantiago.com/con-ass-economics/#comment-1499</link>
		<dc:creator>GabbyD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>habito&#039;s column will lead to an obvious counter-argument:

if changing the economic provisions won&#039;t do anything, why not change it? at worst, nothing will happen. at best, we&#039;d have economic activity in previously protected sectors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>habito&#8217;s column will lead to an obvious counter-argument:</p>
<p>if changing the economic provisions won&#8217;t do anything, why not change it? at worst, nothing will happen. at best, we&#8217;d have economic activity in previously protected sectors.</p>
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		<title>By: sparks</title>
		<link>http://stuartsantiago.com/con-ass-economics/#comment-1498</link>
		<dc:creator>sparks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love this. &quot;Some may disagree, but the door for foreign investors is wide enough. Other things are keeping them away.&quot;

And the Global Competitiveness report indicates all reasons are political - corruption, lack of infrastructure and bad governance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love this. &#8220;Some may disagree, but the door for foreign investors is wide enough. Other things are keeping them away.&#8221;</p>
<p>And the Global Competitiveness report indicates all reasons are political &#8211; corruption, lack of infrastructure and bad governance.</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; The Value of Petitioning for and Article V Amendments Conventions: tractable</title>
		<link>http://stuartsantiago.com/con-ass-economics/#comment-1497</link>
		<dc:creator>&#187; The Value of Petitioning for and Article V Amendments Conventions: tractable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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