Henry Tian's List: Gov & Politics

• where people are more interested in how they can somehow soak the system to get their free ride, than building anything
• A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship
• We have continually voted ourselves increased benefits, dependent upon the printing presses of the Federal Reserve to sustain our country’s ponzi scheme. We have pawned our future and the bill will eventually come due
• Clearly we see the American public being apathetic and willing to allow the US government to take over more and more of our lives, and thus becoming more and more dependent

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• China called Sunday for reform of the global currency system, dominated by the  dollar, which it said is the root cause of the global financial crisis
• A "flawed international monetary system is the institutional root cause of the  crisis and a major defect in the current international economic governance  structure," Li said, according to a statement
• As the issuer of the key reserve currency, the United States also pays less for  products and can borrow more easily

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• • is health care will be the "brother" of tumbling houses in the future? Remember John Paulson strategy by using credit default swap.
• “I don’t think we’ve ever had anything this large in American history aimed to  go this quickly that touches everybody’s lives,”
• We are moving too fast on health care, we’re moving far too fast, in their mind,  on energy, and certainly we’re moving too fast” on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. “Is there anything that we’re moving just  right?”
• “Then we learn which interest groups are at the table and which ones aren’t

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• The Republic of Indonesia (pronounced /ˌɪndoʊˈniːziə/ or /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/; Indonesian:  Republik Indonesia) is a country in Southeast Asia. Indonesia  comprises 17,508 islands. With 206 million  people, it is the world's fourth most populous  country and the third most populous Asian  country.
• neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia
• Following three and a half centuries of Dutch colonialism, Indonesia secured its independence after  World War II.
• The name Indonesia derives from the Latin Indus, meaning "India",  and the Greek nesos, meaning "island".^[7] The name  dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia
• in the early 20th century did Dutch dominance extend to what was to become  Indonesia's current boundaries.^[23]  The Japanese invasion and subsequent occupation during  World War II^[24] ended Dutch rule
• in August 1945, Sukarno, an  influential nationalist leader, declared independence and was appointed  president
• In 1997 and 1998, Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the Asian Financial Crisis.^[36] This increased  popular discontent with the New Order^[37] and led to popular protests. Suharto  resigned on 21 May 1998.^[38] In 1999, East  Timor voted to secede from Indonesia, after a twenty-five-year military  occupation that was marked by international condemnation of often brutal  repression of the East Timorese
• Indonesia consists of 17,508 islands, about 6,000 of which are inhabited
• Recent disasters due to seismic activity include the 2004 tsunami that killed an  estimated 167,736 in northern Sumatra
• However, agriculture employs more people than other sectors, accounting for  44.3% of the 95 million-strong workforce
• Major agricultural products include palm oil, rice, tea, coffee, spices, and rubber.
• estimate a population of 222 million for 2006.^[107]  130 million people live on the island of Java, the world's most populous island
• The largest ethnic group is the Javanese, who comprise 42% of the population,  and are politically and culturally dominant
• Javanese is the  most widely spoken as the language of the largest ethnic group
• Indonesia has around 300 ethnic groups, each with cultural differences developed over  centuries, and influenced by Indian, Arabic, Chinese, Malay, and European sources
• Textiles such as batik
• Rice is the main staple food
• coconut milk
• Dangdut is a popular  contemporary genre of pop music that draws influence from Arabic, Indian, and  Malay folk music

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