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11-16-2009, 07:44 AM
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Location: Chicagoland
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Originally Posted by Joe_Ryder
Since the European population is more than double the US population, your numbers are pretty unimpressive.
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And they have a 27-1 country advantage.
Hilarious!
They need 27 countries in their collective to be on an even keel with the US.
Pretty pathetic if you ask me. |
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11-16-2009, 07:55 AM
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Location: Saturn
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Originally Posted by Joe_Ryder
Since the European population is more than double the US population, your numbers are pretty unimpressive.
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It's not double the population of the USA.
US = 290m
EU = 420m |
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11-16-2009, 07:56 AM
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Location: Saturn
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Originally Posted by sanrene
And they have a 27-1 country advantage.
Hilarious!
They need 27 countries in their collective to be on an even keel with the US.
Pretty pathetic if you ask me.
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Not on an even keel.
Europe is ahead of the US in economic terms
Get used to it. |
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11-16-2009, 07:57 AM
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Location: Chicagoland
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Originally Posted by Indurain
It's not double the population of the USA.
US = 290m
EU = 420m
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Wouldn't you know, even using phony population numbers.
Site3-TGM table
More like 500 million.
http://euobserver.com/851/28521
How pathetic; nearly twice the population, a 27-1 advantage in countries and still, they lag the US in every statistic. |
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11-16-2009, 07:59 AM
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Recession is over. Says who?
The people who didn't see it coming?
The people who denied it was happening, as it was starting?
The people who kept declaring that it is over, back in Q4 2008? Q1 2009? Q2 2009?
The people who refuse to use the word "Depression?"
The people who "shocked" the dead horse with fiscal stimulus, so we'd have improved quarterly GDP figures at the expense of long-term deficits?
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11-16-2009, 08:19 AM
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Location: Saturn
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Originally Posted by sanrene
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EU = 499m
US = 290m
Demographics of the European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That's not twice the population - even with your shakey math.
In terms of GDP :
2007 : EU = $18.4t US = $14t
2008 : EU = $15t US = $14t.
EU is ahead as expected.
For 2009 EU is also ahead of the US in GDP terms.
Get used to it. |
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11-16-2009, 10:50 AM
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Location: London, U.K.
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It would fairer to compare western Europe to the US.
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11-16-2009, 11:21 AM
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Location: New Jersey
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Originally Posted by Indurain
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Still not very impressive with the extra billions in population. How's that tax rate treating you over there? |
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11-16-2009, 11:29 AM
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Now I realize how many European socialists are on CD...I was worried that these were Americans with these distorted views...
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11-16-2009, 11:40 AM
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Location: Chicagoland
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat.../2001rank.html
I'd say that's about a tie.
Of course, what can you expect when they need 27 members to inflate their numbers compared to one little nation of 300 million?
Standing alone, each and every one of them sucks hind t*t, compared to the US.
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