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EU economy 'at least 20 years' behind US
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Posted on 03/12/2005 8:04:52 AM PST by Alex Marko
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To: Alex Marko
Ah. So it's pure jealousy. I've long suspected that was why so many Europeans are anti American.
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posted on
03/12/2005 8:06:18 AM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Alex Marko
Presenting the survey, Arnaldo Abruzzi, the Secretary-General of Eurochambres, said, "the current EU levels in GDP, R&D investment, productivity and employment were already reached by the US in the late 70s/early 80s". Make that 25 years!
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posted on
03/12/2005 8:11:33 AM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Alex Marko
EU economy 'at least 20 years' behind US .. and the gap will get bigger and bigger. Socialism doesn't work. Dear EUweeenies, try it on dogs first, but there is already example of Soviet Socialist Paradise.
To: Alex Marko
Won't the Kyoto Protocol they all signed make it even harder to catch up?
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posted on
03/12/2005 8:17:49 AM PST
by
RedBeaconNY
(The greatest mystery to man, is man himself.)
To: Alex Marko
The survey, unveiled by pan-EU small business organisation Eurochambres, is intended as a sharp "wake-up call" for EU leaders No, they cannot allow it.
Any deference to this report would undermine their Socialist agenda that is currently supported by bashing America, and making (multipolar) deals with every Communist and and murderous dictator across the planet.
They will discredit it without fail.
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posted on
03/12/2005 8:18:18 AM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: Leo Carpathian
Yeah.... But, doesn't that assume that the US becomes stagnant? I mean, they STILL have to overcome 30 years worth, AND keep up with our economy...
To: Alex Marko
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posted on
03/12/2005 8:35:56 AM PST
by
Jumper
To: Alex Marko
The US economy is 20 years ahead of that of the EU
LOL, I wish the US had the economy it had 20 years ago.
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posted on
03/12/2005 8:45:32 AM PST
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: Alex Marko
The US economy is 20 years ahead of that of the EU and it will take decades for Europe to catch up,
I stopped after reading this - it is, by far, one of the stupidest statements I have seen in a very long time. The statement is so absurd, it remains of a famous line from Pat Paulsen's faux presidential run in the 70's when he would close each of his "campaign" speeches with the following pretentious line: "In the decades to come, years will pass."
The writer's line is equally pretentious and stupid.
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posted on
03/12/2005 8:45:53 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(Repeal CFR NOW!!)
To: DustyMoment
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posted on
03/12/2005 8:47:57 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(Repeal CFR NOW!!)
To: DustyMoment
And why is it "one of the stupidest statements"? Besides the US being technologically advances, per capita income highers, GDP higher and the US being teh worlds single most productive state... whats so stupid?
To: Alex Marko
Read the sentence again. The EU is "20 years" behind the US economy and it will take them "decades" to catch up.
For the mathematically challenged, 20 years = 2 decades.
The department of redundancy department strikes again.
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:01:19 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(Repeal CFR NOW!!)
To: Alex Marko
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:01:49 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
To: Alex Marko
whats so stupid?
That productivity is being whipped off the backs of American workers. We are working longer, for less, in fear of losing our livelihoods, as we are hammered deeper and deeper into public and private debt. Productivity is a double edge sword; there is much merit in having a productive organization; but, it matters how that productivity has been achieved.
Title: EU economy 'at least 20 years' behind US
Translation: Globalist see opportunity to make money from the rape of Europe over the next 20 years.
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:06:06 AM PST
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: DustyMoment
Yeah, nothing is wrong with that comment.... If the US economy stalled,so to speak, it would take the EU 20 years to catch up...however, the US economy will most likely not stall and keep advancing...the EU economy would have to surpass US levels economically to catch up in the long run..which would take DECADES...not just 2.
To: Alex Marko
If this all true, then why is their currency so strong?
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:10:43 AM PST
by
Chgogal
To: Alex Marko
The US economy is 20 years ahead of that of the EU and it will take decades for Europe to catch upSince when does socialism ever "catch up" to capitalism?
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:12:19 AM PST
by
laredo44
(Liberty is not the problem)
To: Chgogal
Their currency strength is not an inidication of economical status. If that were the case... Countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UK and others that have currencies set higher than 1 to 1 ratio of the dollar would mean that their economy is stronger than the US and that is not the case.
To: Alex Marko
Then what is it an indication of? That Central Banks are hedging their position?
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:17:07 AM PST
by
Chgogal
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