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<blockquote data-quote="Unintentional" data-source="post: 3766" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><strong>Political dueling ground</strong></p><p></p><p>There is an excellent comparison on the WSJ </p><p></p><p>6/18/04 editorial page.</p><p></p><p>I'll quote a little of it:</p><p></p><p>"The study was done be Fredrik Bergstrom and Robert Gidehag for a Sedish think tank Timbro.</p><p></p><p>Only the tiny country of Luxembourg could rival the richest of the 50 American states in GDP per capita. Most European countries are way below. The GDP per capita was a whopping 32% higher in the US. Higher GDP allows the average American to spend about $9,700 more per year!</p><p></p><p>What about equality? The percentage of Americans living below the poverty line has dropped to 12% from 22% since 1959. In 1999, 25% of American households were considered "low income" - less than $25,000/yr. In Sweden 40% of the household are considered low income.</p><p></p><p>In the US 45.9% of the "poor" own their own homes, 72% have a car, and 77% have air conditioning (A/C still a luxury in Europe). The average living space for poor American households is 1,200 sq ft. The average space for all Eurpoean households (not just the poor) is 1000 sq ft!!!</p><p></p><p>The percapita GDP of Arkansas is 99 - in Germany it's 100. </p><p></p><p>I don't mean to ruffle any feathers. I am not completely "American is better than everyone else" attitude. Just stating the facts. Why do you think America is so rich? You can't just say slavery because slavery has occured in almost every country and we were one the first countries to ban african slaves. Another question is why do you think so many other countries are less well off than AMerica? It lends weight to the arguement that we should not model any of our social systems off of any other country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Unintentional, post: 3766, member: 22"] [b]Political dueling ground[/b] There is an excellent comparison on the WSJ 6/18/04 editorial page. I'll quote a little of it: "The study was done be Fredrik Bergstrom and Robert Gidehag for a Sedish think tank Timbro. Only the tiny country of Luxembourg could rival the richest of the 50 American states in GDP per capita. Most European countries are way below. The GDP per capita was a whopping 32% higher in the US. Higher GDP allows the average American to spend about $9,700 more per year! What about equality? The percentage of Americans living below the poverty line has dropped to 12% from 22% since 1959. In 1999, 25% of American households were considered "low income" - less than $25,000/yr. In Sweden 40% of the household are considered low income. In the US 45.9% of the "poor" own their own homes, 72% have a car, and 77% have air conditioning (A/C still a luxury in Europe). The average living space for poor American households is 1,200 sq ft. The average space for all Eurpoean households (not just the poor) is 1000 sq ft!!! The percapita GDP of Arkansas is 99 - in Germany it's 100. I don't mean to ruffle any feathers. I am not completely "American is better than everyone else" attitude. Just stating the facts. Why do you think America is so rich? You can't just say slavery because slavery has occured in almost every country and we were one the first countries to ban african slaves. Another question is why do you think so many other countries are less well off than AMerica? It lends weight to the arguement that we should not model any of our social systems off of any other country. [/QUOTE]
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