[Seattle Conservative]

Those are amazing statistics, and ones I've not heard before. The RNC ought to use all that in their 'talking points' as I'm sure there are a lot of other Americans who haven't heard it either. They can add the additional data about France noted above, that ought to please Chirac (not)

[LS]

One reason the RNC is hesitant to use it is that it makes Europe look sclerotic, which it is. Gilder cites the figures of 14 million net in his 1980 (or so) book, "Wealth & Poverty," and I added the # of net new jobs in the Reagan/Bush/Clinton and Bush years.