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Spread the dollar as in a welfare nation? I think they could use less of that. They are just emerging now from decades of central planning and control which has stagnated growth. As are the Russians. If anything, they need a larger ampule of capitalism.

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A larger amplitude in Capitalism does nothing for the many millions living in rural area where running water, roads and electricity are non existent and food is commonly scare. I'm afraid there are still huge areas in India ravaged with flooding and there is no government support. None. I saw a bit of it myself and its shocking. I think that can be solved initially with actual government intervention (handouts if you will). It wouldn't take a lot either. Capitalism doesn't build infrastructure where it doesn't exist.

It is not all Slumdog Millionaire you know. All countries have problems that they can't cope with. In the face of Katrina what happened for e.g. in the US was clear for the world to see.

Again, these are parallel lines of progress. Spending on a space mission does NOT affect other public expenditures in this country. Neither does resolving ALL public problems make us more or less morally qualified (I still don't understand the objection) to launch a rover to Mars.

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