will the US military power dominate the world

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:39:52 GMT, "IO" wrote:

BUFDRVR wrote:
EU standard of life is at less equal of the USA one.

After having recently spent 10 days in western Europe, I'll disagree
using one example; fuel prices. The cost of both gas and diesel in
Germany, France, Luxemburg and Belgium was *3-4 times higher*

Fuel price=TAXES= social assistance=better standard of life

Not from where I am sitting.

The productive all across europe get ripped off to buy votes from the idle
and indolent, leaving them with little for their one well being.

One cannot have a 'better standard of life' when the state is confiscating
3/4s of ones lifetime earnings via direct and indirect taxation.

The only people to have a 'better standard of life' are those who spend
their entire existence suckling at the public teat.


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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 16:22:27 +0200, "Emmanuel Gustin"
wrote:


Western Europe is a more equalised society.

Which makes everyone equally worse off as a consequence.

Belgians pay more
taxes
and have leass ready money to spend than Americans,

Not surprising given the level of official and unofficial corruption in one
of the worst governed countries in Europe. How long has Marc Dutroux been
on remand awaiting trial for now ? Someone hoping he will die in prison
beforehand perhaps ?


but in Belgium 4% of people lives below the povery line,

And the Black economy in Belgium is gigantic as a consequence. The so
called 'poverty line' is not a valid comparison given its basis is relative
and not absolute. There are 10s if not 100s of thousands in Belgium who
work outside the system and are not in any official figures.


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You are one of the reason because USA is the most hated country of the
world, and i'm not jelous of you *ROTFL*

EU standard of life is at less equal of the USA one.



Well,for example if you are German with "Germany allergy" sendroms your
official German insurance carrier have to rent a beachfront property in sunny
Florida for you and pay for your expenses to cure your allergy.

But I dont think that my US insurance carrier is going to rent a beachfront
property for me in sunny Hawai or anywhere else to cure my "Northeast allergy"
in my life time.

"Franck" wrote in message
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Jealousy of what ?? of American way of life !!! let me laugh

Yet your reply e-mail is from an American Company. Your news reader is by an
American Company. Seems pretty dammed American to me. Are you sure your not
American?

tom c wrote:
"Franck" wrote in message
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Jealousy of what ?? of American way of life !!! let me laugh

Yet your reply e-mail is from an American Company. Your news reader
is by an American Company. Seems pretty dammed American to me. Are
you sure your not American

*ROTFL*
Probably your car is european or has implemented many japanese and european
technologies. Probably your portable telephone is European or implement many
european technologies. Probably your car hi-fi is or european or japanese
probably your television is japanese or european... I have to continue?

Yet your reply e-mail is from an American Company. Your news reader is by
an
American Company. Seems pretty dammed American to me. Are you sure your not
American?

wich link between my reader and the quality of the life ???

if you want i have some other exemple but i'm not sure it's the subject :

- my e-mail come from Wanadoo a french company, look you tires may be they
come from french one too ;o)

- Your planes (Boeing, Cessna, Lockheed...), car (Ford, Chrysler),i, boat,
carrier sub-marine (all the boat of the USNAVY in fact)........ are made by
french soft : catia (from dassault systems)

beleive me in france we have electricity, car, plane

Do you want some example of good way of life :

- during school, university... my parents never paid, it's the same thinq
for all the sutdent in france. School is free of charge
- Holidays : 8 weeks /years
- ..........................

I work in US company (IBM), and i know some US citizen who lived in France.
Beleive me, they like the french life. Of course life in US ist also i'm
sure good (exept may be when you need electricity in california) but you're
not the only one country where the life is great

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Franck

www.pegase-airshow.com
www.picavia.com

........ are made by french soft : catia (from dassault systems)

read made using a french CAD software : catia (from dassault systems)


--
Franck

www.pegase-airshow.com
www.picavia.com

In article ,
"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
m...

Better pay, more freedom, less government...

Americans like to think that they have less government,
and in financial terms they probably do, but I am always
surprised how bureaucratic and hierarchical the USA is.

That's odd. The folks I know who moved here from Europe are all
startled at how little the US government impacts on their everyday life.

Meanwhile, you guys have the European Union, which is power-grabbing in
a serious way.

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In article , "IO"
wrote:

BUFDRVR wrote:
EU standard of life is at less equal of the USA one.

After having recently spent 10 days in western Europe, I'll disagree
using one example; fuel prices. The cost of both gas and diesel in
Germany, France, Luxemburg and Belgium was *3-4 times higher*

Fuel price=TAXES= social assistance=better standard of life

Except that doesn't really follow. All that really means is that the
European governments have more of your money.

Europeans car uses less fuel than american ones. Medium european car
engine=1400cc medium usa car engine=2000 cc= a lot of more fuel.
Europeans do less kilometers per year than an americans.

So they have a lower standard of living when it comes to personal
transportation.

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