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Tim Challenger writes:
How do you get "about twice as many" ansd "nearly all" from those figures? The population of Europe is around twice that of the U.S. The population of Canada doesn't amount to much, and Mexico is part of the Third World and skews the numbers. Almost all the real money in North America is in the United States. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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"Reid©" wrote in message ... Following up to Mxsmanic Which Europe do you live in? The one that still worships royals, and keeps them rich with taxpayer monies. Some europeans worship royals, some americans worship filmstars and even let them run the state/country sometimes. Its only UK that has a really high profile (powerless) royal family and they probably show a profit on tourism, although I would be happy to do without them. (although I can enjoy a ceremonial from time to time). -- The cost of the Royals (the civil list) was around £8 million last year. That wouldnt even make a downpayment on AirForce1 Keith |
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Mxsmanic wrote in message
... Tim Challenger writes: How do you get "about twice as many" ansd "nearly all" from those figures? The population of Europe is around twice that of the U.S. Where do you stop counting though? The definition of "Europe" is a broad one. --- DFM |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Bram writes: I only know of people who work hard for their money around here. Lots of people work hard for their money in Europe. They have to, since they are paid so poorly. Even then, they don't get rich. In the highly unlikely event that they manage to overcome all the social obstacles to actually making lots of money through earning alone (as opposed to being born into it), the tax people will take it all. In most of Europe, it is tacitly understood that if you aren't born into money, you have no right to accumulate it, even by working for it. Do you seppos *have* to stereotype yourselves? |
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Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote:
On 09 Oct 2003 07:26:19 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: Yeah, like Mad Cow Disease, foot in mouth disease, high unemployment and high taxes. Which brings us back to ignorant Americans (my aplogies for the redundancy). LOL Was that the reference to "foot in mouth" disease ? Actually it was a reference to all them. |
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Keith Willshaw writes:
That wouldnt even make a downpayment on AirForce1 The U.K. economy wouldn't even make a downpayment on Tampa, either. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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"Sjoerd" wrote in message ... "Mxsmanic" schreef in bericht ... Sjoerd writes: Huh? Thousands of rich young Dutch people here in Amsterdam who got rich by working hard, or having a creative idea for a business. There are no rich Europeans, at least none who got that way by earning it themselves. I've seen what passes for "rich" in Europe, and only a European would consider that wealthy. What is your definition for "rich" and "wealthy"? Sjoerd, who feels rich himself but probably wouldn't qualify in Mxsmanic's definition. I guess the author is not rich. Perhaps I am richer. |
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On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:40:20 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Sjoerd writes: What is your definition for "rich" and "wealthy"? Permanently having more money and income than you know what to do with. So Richard Branson doesn't qualify because he knows what to do with his money like building hot air balloons and speedboats. America by your definition probably has more rich people only because they are too clueless to figure out how to spend their wad. -- Support Trumpton's Striking Firemen One day there will be a real fire and we'll need them www.toonhound.com/trumpton-2.jpg captain(underscore)flack(squirlything)hotmail(you know what)com |
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Following up to Frank Slootweg
Do you seppos *have* to stereotype yourselves? what's a seppo? -- Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso UK walking "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Spain,cuisines and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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