Comments on: Wednesday Linkorama http://michaelsiegel.net/?p=661 Missing Sleep Since June 2007 (Blogging Since 2005) Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:22:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike http://michaelsiegel.net/?p=661&cpage=1#comment-597 Mike Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:50:30 +0000 http://michaelsiegel.net/?p=661#comment-597 “It’s just more grist for my theory that the best works done by government are the ones it does by accident.”

words to live by. I’ll have to quote you on that.

]]> By: rpl http://michaelsiegel.net/?p=661&cpage=1#comment-596 rpl Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:01:08 +0000 http://michaelsiegel.net/?p=661#comment-596 Not that I support the online gambling, but your $100 billion remark isn’t supported by the article you linked. The article says that European gambling companies had claimed they were entitled to that compensation, but that claim was never upheld. In any event, it appears that the actual settlement will be in the form of trade concessions in the form of “liberalized markets for warehousing services, technical testing services, research and development services and postal services relating to outbound international letters,” rather than in cash penalties.

Perversely, I think this is potentially a good thing, as it has the unintended consequence of forcing the US to hold down tariffs in areas that have secondary effects on many aspects of the economy. It’s just more grist for my theory that the best works done by government are the ones it does by accident.

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