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Nobody in Europe works? Aren't you adorable? Is that anything like the 47% in the US on welfare, food stamps, and other social services? Isn't the US bankrupt as well?
Not to mention he's insulting someone living in Germany. Last I checked, Germany has the best economy in Europe.
Iraq was never an official declaration of war. The whole western world was wanting war in Iraq because of the intelligence that there were weapons of mass destruction
The whole western world; say what?
You just cannot seem to gather together two coherant thoughts so as to form a relevant accurate opinion about anything can you. Do some fugging research before you post utter nonsense.
You just cannot seem to gather together two coherant thoughts so as to form a relevant accurate opinion about anything can you. Do some fugging research before you post utter nonsense.
The United States did not declare an official declaration of war, which means we could have only entered Iraq through NATO or the UN. I cannot remember which, but either way, the western world would have had to be behind us. The UK, Australia, Poland, South Korea, Italy, Georgia, Ukraine, the Netherlands, and Spain all fought in the Iraq war at some point.
Not to mention he's insulting someone living in Germany. Last I checked, Germany has the best economy in Europe.
He's making it sound like the US has 0% unemployment and the country has money to burn. Sure, the US is just rolling in dough. People are lighting cigars with $100 bills. Nothing to see here, now move along.
Nobody in Europe works? Aren't you adorable? Is that anything like the 47% in the US on welfare, food stamps, and other social services? Isn't the US bankrupt as well?
The US is not bankrupt, but does have a huge debt. Although, since sequestration, the US budget has been in the green so we are doing good so far. And I never said that no one in Europe works, but in some of the socialist European nations you could get a lot of things from the government, that you would actually have to work for in the US
He's making it sound like the US has 0% unemployment and the country has money to burn. Sure, the US is just rolling in dough. People are lighting cigars with $100 bills. Nothing to see here, now move along.
Th US has a 7% unemployment rate, compared to the European Union's 11%
The US is not bankrupt, but does have a huge debt. Although, since sequestration, the US budget has been in the green so we are doing good so far. And I never said that no one in Europe works, but in some of the socialist European nations you could get a lot of things from the government, that you would actually have to work for in the US
You implied that Europeans don't have to work because everything is handed to them. Why, here it is!
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I am better than everyone else. Must be my huge American arrogance. Go live in Europe where you don't have to work for anything because the government goes broke handing it to you. Have fun being a hippie without a care in the world. Because who wants to work hard when European governments provide all the benefits of working. Please don't come back to the US, you have clearly shown your distaste for our nation. Go live in bankrupt Europe
Th US has a 7% unemployment rate, compared to the European Union's 11%
And many of the employed still have to rely on food stamps, subsidized housing and healthcare. How many employed Europeans have to do that? "Employed" doesn't necessarily mean gainfully employed in the US.
(And I'm glad you think the US is doing well financially. Any chance you can pay us back the money you owe us? No cheques, please.)
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People in the US conflate standard of living with quality of life.
In the US, you have all the junk your little heart desires but are afraid to walk down the street, want to be able to kill unarmed people, have the highest prison incarceration rate in the industrialized world and are horribly violent as a culture.
You confuse the movies with real life. I have none of those issues where I live. Crime is very low, I walk down the street any time of the day or night and I don't kill anybody. I don't even own a gun. My culture is not violent at all. It's quite peaceful, pleasant and free from stress. And I don't desire any junk.
Don't assume that all of America is the same. It's not.
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I may not have as many things living in Germany, but I have safety.
So do I. It's very safe in 95% of America.
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I can walk down almost any street at any time in almost any neighborhood and be safe. I'd rather be comfortable in my surroundings than have stuff.
And I have both. Safety and comfort. Yes, I enjoy my 70" HDTV. You can call it junk, doesn't bother me at all. I can choose to stay in and watch the PGA Championship in stunning color on TV or go outside and walk peacefully down the street. Life is good when you have choices.
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I don't have the EU siding with corporations and screwing the citizens.
People can afford education and get job training. There's universal health care.
Millions of people here go to college. In fact, we have way too many college students.
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My quality of life in Europe far surpasses the pettiness, hatred and "I've got mine, forget you" attitude prevalent in the US.
My quality of life in Texas far supasses what you have in Europe. I never see or feel hatred. We care for our own.
You really should visit places other than the ghetto next time you are here.
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