-----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of gordon stelter Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 6:14 PM To: Pianotech Subject: John Travolta, and the demise of the American piano industry. Dearest Tom, In case you did not notice, my comment was what is commonly referred to as a "Joke". But I remain curious as to why, exactly, both automobile and piano manufacture in America took a precipitously sharp decline in quality in the 1970's??? "Saturday Night Fever" is the most plausible explanation to have occurred to me, as of yet, and I observed it infect many of my friends not fortunate enough to take refuge in a profession such as ours! This easily observable decline in quality then made us simple prey for overseas manufacturers, and we are today running the worst trade deficit in U.S. history, as its aftermath. Economically, this means that U.S. cash piles up in nations such as China, which then loan it back to us, at interest, as the "National Debt". With Bush's tax cuts, that interest will soon pile up so that it is all we can do just to keep up with it, and we will not be able to put even a dent in the principle. And we will then be beholden to "Communist" china. I know that the Chinese are kind, generous, and truly lovely people, but I someghow find this disturbing. Thumpe Gordon, Revisionism raised to a new level! The leap to an expression of your Geo-Political-Economic theories escapes me. You disparage a group of people and accuse me of not getting the "joke". You have raised "tiresome" to the Bremmie level. Tom Driscoll RPT P.S. Sign your real name please--List etiquette
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