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2004-10-17 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by tipper 2004-10-17 11:00:15 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How does South Korean poverty compare to North Korean starvation, I wonder? On the other hand, it is good that these people want to be self-supporting, unlike some welfare recipients we won't talk about just now.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-17 12:19:10 PM|| 2004-10-17 12:19:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Major disincentive for the South to push reunification.

Many Republic of Ireland pols would quietly admit in the 1980's and earlier that they didn't want to assume paying for dole payments to the unemployed of Ulster even as they publicly paid lip service to the "Brits Out" line.

The East Germans were a mess too after 12 years of National Socialism followed by 45 years of International Socialism.

Posted by JDB 2004-10-17 7:33:01 PM|| 2004-10-17 7:33:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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