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Old 01-01-2012, 11:18 AM
 
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You need to put your crackpipe down. Ya had enough.

Us people that live in the real world understand that if ya don't mind working the USA is the place to be.
Pfffft...nonsense. You're stuck in 1950. The world has changed.
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:20 AM
 
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Yes from the 3rd world. I'm not talking about Harvard and Princeton. I'm talking about the average colleges. But a lot of Europeans come here for one semester for the cultural experience though.
I own property in Pittsburgh where there is an abudance of "average" colleges.. There are LOTS of foreigners who go there for their education.
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A lot of Foreigner come to European Universities as well by the way.
Never claimed otherwise, but does this posting mean that you arent even in america and have absolutely no knowledge what so ever of american economics?
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:21 AM
 
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You need to put your crackpipe down. Ya had enough.

Us people that live in the real world understand that if ya don't mind working the USA is the place to be. If ya prefer sitting on your ass and living off the wealth and labor of others Europe has a superior environment. I prefer the good ole USA.
That's why america is in decline. But hey its not so bad that soon america is going to resemble a third world country. And most Europeans don't live of the welfare state. Maybe you should get out more.
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Yes from the 3rd world. I'm not talking about Harvard and Princeton. I'm talking about the average colleges. But a lot of Europeans come here for one semester for the cultural experience though. A lot of Foreigner come to European Universities as well by the way.

Our higer education is the best in the world. We dominate the best college rankings.

World's Best Universities; Top 400 Universities in the World | US News

It is our lower and secondary education that stinks.

It is important to note the OP's link is hardly authoritative. I posted a link to a study that reached a different conclusion.
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:22 AM
 
Location: West Coast of Europe
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You need to put your crackpipe down. Ya had enough.

Us people that live in the real world understand that if ya don't mind working the USA is the place to be. If ya prefer sitting on your ass and living off the wealth and labor of others Europe has a superior environment. I prefer the good ole USA.
And why is it the poor in the US have all that stuff you keep mentioning? You keep contradicting yourself and others like you.
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Pfffft...nonsense. You're stuck in 1950. The world has changed.
Check the PPP of the various nations. I am tired of lies being used to justify social welfare programs.
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:23 AM
 
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Pfffft...nonsense. You're stuck in 1950. The world has changed.
Yeah, lets all go to Europe, where 165M people live below the poverty level.. thats much better than america where its about 45M
..:: Child Poverty in Europe ::..
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:23 AM
 
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No, you get your evidence from someone you once knew who spent one semester at a college
No, I have been actually to Europe and know people over there.
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:26 AM
 
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I own property in Pittsburgh where there is an abudance of "average" colleges.. There are LOTS of foreigners who go there for their education.

Never claimed otherwise, but does this posting mean that you arent even in america and have absolutely no knowledge what so ever of american economics?
Yes again they come from the 3rd world. Lots of foreigners. Europeans come as well if they cant get into European colleges. You have no clue of Economics. I have been over there for a semester and actually know people over there.
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Houston
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And why is it the poor in the US have all that stuff you keep mentioning? You keep contradicting yourself and others like you.
The reason is there are few people who are truly poor in either the US or Europe by historical standards. ANOTHER REASON WE DO NOT NEED SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS.

If ya don't wanna be poor do these two things:
1) Graduate high school.
2) Don't have kids until ya in a steady relationship.

If ya don't like work ya can get by here. Ya can get by a bit better in Europe.
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