Paradise Lost: Sweden, Europe Struggle for Economic Survival

CBN News ^ | 12/6/04 | Dale Hurd

[dukeman]

Sure it's bad there, but won't things pick up nicely when all those panicked, ex-patriate Dems fleeing George W. arrive in Europe? :-)

[Charles Henrickson]

Hej! to the Swedish Ping List.

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[pissant]

Sweden should send all of its babes to the US, where they can find real men to take them in. The Swedish "guys" should stay behind and become the eunichs for the Arab majority which will soon take over.

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[Dallas59]

German politicians refer to "the American way" with a sneer.

Because they would love to have as much as an American has on $30,000 a year!

[JeeperFreeper]

Socialism is simply a societal disease. It wastes away the body politic, materially, spiritually, morally.

It is premised on falsehoods, that is, a person is not responsible for him or herself and that there really is such a thing as a free lunch.

[dukeman]

LOL! You paint quite a twisted picture. Speaking of pictures, how 'bout them Swedish babes?

[Dallas59]

[mollynme]

My guess is that Norway will be in the same boat if and when its North Sea oil runs out.

[nutmeg]

read later bump

[Grampa Dave]

The author's theory falls on its face when the Swedish ETF, EWD, is compared to our DOW, S&P 500 and Nasdaq for the last year and two years.

Here is the link to the chart comparing the last year:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=EWD&t=1y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=^GSPC,^IXIC,^DJI

Below is the link for the two year comparison:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=EWD&t=2y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=^GSPC,^IXIC,^DJI

[pissant]

Sweden best imports: Buxom babes and chain saws. That's it.

[mgist]

Great article. It is true that many Europeans have a very false notion of what Americans is like. Even the educated ones. I had an discussion with an Italian it Italy, proudly explaining to him the Americans are very diverse, and not simply comprised of xenophobic anglos as he suggested. I know he realized I was right, but he sneered anyway. I don't understand it.

[Dallas59]

Isn't Dead?Ararats "babe" all up inside Swedish banks?

[Lizavetta]

And Sweden's problem is Europe's problem: high taxes, low growth, huge welfare payouts, and a shrinking population

Their Muslim invasion is changing that.

[Publius6961]

"Poverty is to a greater extent than in most European countries,” points out Folster. “Homelessness, wide income distribution, and things like that that many Swedes are afraid of."

This deaf and blind bureaucrat doesn't want to know what poverty in the U.S. is.
It would short circuit his brain. But of course it enables him to continue to see his surroundings as paradise.

Works for me. Just don't even think about U.N. type welfare to Euroeunuchs!

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

It is true that many Europeans have a very false notion of what Americans is like

Mainly due to how their media presents us and what they get from Hollywood movies. I have family in Europe and have had to deflect some pretty dumb questions based on the distortions they have of us.

[mgist]

The fact is that Europe has had to encourage immigration to solve their inflation and stagnation problems. Immigration obviously isn't helping. They were probably trying to emmulate the US without changing thier infrastructure. Socialism simply doesn't work. You can't blame immigratns for everything.

[bmwcyle]

Enough silicon to make a mainframe computer.