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Hubris Boy · 07-20-2003, 11:46 AM

Goodness, what a fascinating post the Billy Committee have written for us this time. Sadly, the Billy Committee have neglected to offer solutions for the elimination of the single largest obstacle to prosperity in China: the Communist Party.

But it's nice to see that the Party is making an effort to increase productivity and reduce poverty in China. These ChiCom attempts at social engineering are always amusing to watch-- from a distance, of course. The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution are two that come to mind.

I'm especially titillated by item #5 on the Billy Committee's list of "Key poverty reduction policies in the new era":
<blockquote><snip>"... assistance by the more developed eastern provinces to the less developed western provinces in an east-west poverty reduction collaboration."</blockquote>

This initiative should be extremely popular, especially in the "more developed eastern provinces". I look forward to the welcome spectacle of the Communist Party attempting to enforce a massive redistribution of wealth on the nascent capitalists of eastern China; the production of golden eggs is always enhanced by strangling the goose.

07-20-2003, 11:46 AM	#3
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	Goodness, what a fascinating post the Billy Committee have written for us this time. Sadly, the Billy Committee have neglected to offer solutions for the elimination of the single largest obstacle to prosperity in China: the Communist Party. But it's nice to see that the Party is making an effort to increase productivity and reduce poverty in China. These ChiCom attempts at social engineering are always amusing to watch-- from a distance, of course. The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution are two that come to mind. I'm especially titillated by item #5 on the Billy Committee's list of "Key poverty reduction policies in the new era": <blockquote><snip>"... assistance by the more developed eastern provinces to the less developed western provinces in an east-west poverty reduction collaboration."</blockquote> This initiative should be extremely popular, especially in the "more developed eastern provinces". I look forward to the welcome spectacle of the Communist Party attempting to enforce a massive redistribution of wealth on the nascent capitalists of eastern China; the production of golden eggs is always enhanced by strangling the goose.