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To: datura
The EU Constitution was defeated, because Western Europeans don't want to be politically, economically, or socially integrated with the culture, economy, lifestyle, or history of Eastern Europe and Muslim countries. Western Europeans recognized in the proposed EU Constitution a loss of national identity and freedom, to a foreign bureaucracy, plus a redistribution of wealth from richer countries to poorer countries.

What a laugh. The Europeans, namely the French, rejected the EU constitution because they thought it supported evil anglo-American style capitalism.

123 posted on 07/19/2005 9:29:59 AM PDT by Truthsayer20
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To: Truthsayer20
The Europeans, namely the French, rejected the EU constitution because they thought it supported evil anglo-American style capitalism.

Right! They didn't want to give up their 35 hour work week and 7 weeks of vacation plus the multitude of other socialist programs. To spin it as anti-capitalism is typical left wing media hype.

All these trade agreements do is expand free enterprise to those who haven't experienced the benefits of it as well as lower prices and increase trade for everyone, benefitting all economies. Those against it have a vested interest in the status quo, though they bemoan that, too.

If that doesn't remind everyone of the Democrats in Congress I don't know why not.

126 posted on 07/19/2005 9:44:38 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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