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Old 02-20-2012, 03:35 PM
 
Location: Northern CA
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Sounds a bit like Ron Paul doesn't it?

The letter urges European nations to deregulate their service, research and energy sectors, forge trade ties with growing markets including China, Russia and South America — and even contemplate a free trade agreement with the United States.
12 EU leaders call for open markets to fuel growth - Yahoo! Finance
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Old 02-20-2012, 03:36 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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You cannot grow until you attack your debt.
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Old 02-21-2012, 09:54 AM
 
Location: London, U.K.
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You cannot grow until you attack your debt.
Errm that requires abolishing the whole banking system? There's no oil to fuel growth anyway.
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Old 02-21-2012, 10:12 AM
 
Location: The Brightest City On Earth
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Sounds a bit like Ron Paul doesn't it?

The letter urges European nations to deregulate their service, research and energy sectors, forge trade ties with growing markets including China, Russia and South America — and even contemplate a free trade agreement with the United States.
12 EU leaders call for open markets to fuel growth - Yahoo! Finance
It has taken them this long to figure that out? They need to get rid of that hideous public heath system they have too and go private.
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Old 02-21-2012, 10:14 AM
 
Location: NYC
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by free I'm sure they mean the opposite.
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Old 02-21-2012, 10:20 AM
 
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EU is trying to climb out of the mess they created while our leaders are leading us right into the mess the EU is trying to get out of. Does that make sense to anyone? I guess it does to swooners.
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Old 02-21-2012, 10:30 AM
 
Location: NYC
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it's "fair" though
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Old 02-21-2012, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Sounds a bit like Ron Paul doesn't it?
does it???

you cant have 'free markets'...ie free trade (like nafta) until all COST OF LIVINGS and wgaes are EQUAL

why do you think all our manufacturing left afta nafta/cafta/obamas ofta was signed by the clintons and bush's....???



free trade from the globalist liberals is making us a 3rd world nation
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Old 02-21-2012, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Errm that requires abolishing the whole banking system? There's no oil to fuel growth anyway.
Natural Gas is very abundant and just so happens that Canada and the US have so much that it is at a all time low and last time I checked the europe was in a deep freeze and Russia tends to jack up prices since they have a monopoly on it.
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Old 02-21-2012, 10:38 AM
 
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It has taken them this long to figure that out? They need to get rid of that hideous public heath system they have too and go private.
Europe has a single "public health system," as opposed to dozens of different systems, some more efficient than others and each differing in how much is publicly provided? Where was I when that happened.

What this article means by "freer" is that these leaders want the international banks to start paying for the bad loans they made instead of being continually bailed out via European Central Bank. And despite what the article says, no European bank will be allowed to fail, they will nationalize and sell off the pieces.
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