[Sherman Logan]

And another thing: Europe controlled North America for longer than there has been the United States.

In all that time they couldn’t make it profitable.

Why?

The taxes were too high. Everyone besides Obama and the Europeans know this.

Stupid claim. Colonial Americans paid almost no taxes. The attempt to impose minimal taxation was what started the uproar that eventually led to our Revolution.

Also, the colonies were highly profitable to Britain's economy, if not perhaps directly to its government. And the colonists themselves had the highest average standard of living in the world.

[Portcall24]

And here's an article that clearly makes the point entitled, The Colonial Roots of American Taxation, 1607-1700

http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/7558