Now this is an interesting article that Dick sent me.
Europe 'needs 75 years' to catch US
75 years? All my French trolls (you're not a troll Prosper) tell me that the US is finished. WTF?
he Association of European Chambers of Commerce in Brussels warned that the transatlantic gap had widened yet further in the past five years by all key measures, despite the pledge by EU leaders at the 2000 Lisbon summit to transform Europe into the world's "most dynamic knowledge-based economy" by the end of the decade.
What's going on? One of my trolls told me that Europe had already passed the US.
The EU-wide umbrella group, known asEurochambres said the EU's overall employment rate was still stuck at levels attained by the United States in 1978, chiefly due to an incentive structure that discourages women from working and prompts early retirement by those in their fifties.
Yeah. I remember Prosper crowing about France's 7% unemployment rate. Ours is 5.1 and as long as a Republican is president that is too high. Of course, during BJ's presidency, 5.1% unemployment was low. And I thought that the EUnuchs were proud of their socialist EUtopia where people retire in their fifties. For the record, I retired when I was 58. But then, I have a good pension and I socked away a lot of money on my way to becoming a SRFİ
Heh! I just got an e-mail from some dude asking me if I knew how to spell 'Loser". He's just jealous that a cripple is more successful than he'll ever be.
It found that the European Union's research and development levels were achieved by America as long ago as 1979, while the lag time on per capita income is 18 years. advertisement"It will take the EU until 2072 to reach US levels of income per capita, and then only if the EU income growth exceeds that of the US by 0.5pc," the study said.
Not to worry. President Jug Hussein Ears and the Dimocrats in Congress will fuck up our economy and give y'all a better chance to catch us. Remember Jimmah Carter? Jug Hussein Ears is the black Jimmah Carter. I can hardly wait for the stagflation, the misery index, and gas lines. Happy days are here again!
Christopher Leitl, the president of Eurochambers, urged EU leaders to grasp the nettle of reform at their spring summit this month, or face economic death. "It is a question of survival," he said.
Sorry dude. Ain't gonna happen.
Yesterday's report included a letter to Tony Blair from the British Chambers of Commerce warning that the swelling costs of EU regulations posed a grave threat to British economic dynamism.
I'll bet our Dimocrats can out-regulate you pikers. With the Dims running things, it won't take y'all 75 years to catch us. You might be able to do it in four years.
If I were you guys, I'd be more worried about your Moo-slime problem.
Posted by denny at June 3, 2008 01:41 PMPresident Jug Hussein Ears and the Dimocrats in Congress will fuck up our economy and give y'all a better chance to catch us.
That was my first thought upon reading the headline. On the other hand, I sincerely doubt that McCain will be any better. Over the next few years, europeans will finally get their wish: we Amerikkkans will experience their level level of suffering. Then, life will finally be fair.
The frogs cannot speak to their islamic brethren, for fear of a "racism" charge.
Orwell would be proud.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?
id=080603162444.u52osd46&show_article=1
call me an optimist or an idiot, but I remember when BJC ascended he had an old time liberal agenda that would have made hubert humphrey blush. The backlash of the 1994 mid terms forced moderation on him.
I hope that if Obama wins that the working backbone of this country will give him a similar "come to jesus" moment. He also strikes me as more pragmatic at this stage then Clintons did (remember HillaryCare?).
Europe does not have our work ethic and they do not have our imagination. There is no real chance that they will morph their caste, entitled, and fragmented culture into one that can rival us. others might. they won't.
Posted by: patrick on June 3, 2008 04:01 PMI am waiting for the installation of the EU myself. I was just reading an article that mentioned that the various govts won't let the people choose to join or not. The only exception is Ireland which is required by its constitution to vote on whether to join or not. The funny thing is that although Ireland has probably gotten about as much from the EU as any of the countries there is a very good chance that they will not vote to join and if that happens then the EU is off the board for now. Popcorn concession is right over there in the corner.
Posted by: dick on June 3, 2008 08:04 PM