1. Although the guerrillas have minimal popular or political support, their new wealth has strengthened them militarily, allowing them to buy sophisticated radios and weapons. 2. Although the economy is growing, the new wealth is concentrated in the cities. 3. And people are spending their new wealth, either by selling stock or borrowing against it. 4. And the burgeoning narcotics trade pumps new wealth into the country, which has become a way station on the cocaine trail. 5. And the very stock market that once held the keys to new wealth now may be equally responsible not just for lowered expectations, but for lost jobs. 6. And their money would no longer go toward government subsidies because the rest of us would agree to fend for ourselves with our new wealth. 7. And that means the nationUs productivity Q the source of new wealth Q is growing very slowly. 8. As the foreign money poured in, all of them, to one extent or another, squandered their new wealth through inefficiency and self-indulgence. 9. As small businesses continue to generate more new wealth and jobs than their bigger brethren, other large banks and savings and loans are focusing on this market. 10. As stock prices have soared, Americans have felt wealthier, which has translated into a desire to use their new wealth to finance a better life. |