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To: lorne who wrote (43478)10/21/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: Bobby Yellin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116764
 
pretty powerful stuff there.. wonder how they might prevent themselves from shooting themselves in foot..
wonder how much healthier their population might be compared to ours..
they appear not to have endured the extraordinary stress that US citizens have undergone..
haven't read at all about school shootings etc
also don't know how their prisons' growth have compared to ours..
US might have a lot of extra costs..that Europeans haven't had to bear..
also have no idea of how much a defense system would cost each country versus ours..
does an economic union also include defense union?



To: lorne who wrote (43478)10/21/1999 3:49:00 PM
From: long-gone  Respond to of 116764
 
<<" With over 400 million ounces (12,560 metric tons) of gold reserves, the EA has almost 1.4 ounces per person compared to 262 million ounces (8150 tons) equating to just under 1 ounce per person for the U. S. >>

Yeah, right, like anyone believes that trash.