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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
You're kidding right?
do you understand basic economics?
The dollars weakness is GREAT for the US economy. Our exports and corporate assets are strong sellers.
The over strong Euro, on the other hand, is flattening out the EU economy in a really big way. This is why unemployment in the EU is twice to 5 times the US rate, your export market is in the shitter, and the heads of banks in places like Germany are trying to figure a way to get out of the Euro and go back to the Deutchmark.
Don't buy the hype pal.... look at the realities of the situation.
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Hey Mike,
This will shut them up:
New study compares GDP and growth:
EU versus USA
If the European Union were a state in the USA it would belong to the poorest group of states. France, Italy, Great Britain and Germany have lower GDP per capita than all but four of the states in the United States. In fact, GDP per capita is lower in the vast majority of the EU-countries (EU 15) than in most of the individual American states. This puts Europeans at a level of prosperity on par with states such as Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virginia. Only the miniscule country of Luxembourg has higher per capita GDP than the average state in the USA. The results of the new study represent a grave critique of European economic policy.
Stark differences become apparent when comparing official economic statistics. Europe lags behind the USA when comparing GDP per capita and GDP growth rates. The current economic debate among EU leaders lacks an understanding of the gravity of the situation in many European countries. Structural reforms of the European economy as well as far reaching welfare reforms are well overdue. The Lisbon process lacks true impetus, nor is it sufficient to improve the economic prospects of the EU.
EU versus USA is written by Dr Fredrik Bergström, President of the Swedish Research Institute of Trade, and Mr Robert Gidehag, until recently Chief Economist of the same institute and now President of the Swedish Taxpayer's Association.
http://www.timbro.com/euvsusa/