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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (66055)	1/14/2003 10:40:17 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Euro-socialism is unsustainable. It's headed for the dustbin of history. I day it is an interesting blog. What makes it so is the author backs up his arguments with the numbers. Two caught my eye. 1) Even though we are in a recession, we still are growing three times faster than Europe. 2) 6% of our unemployed have been out over a year. 40% of the euro have been.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (66055)	1/14/2003 10:58:19 PM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 281500

Yes, European demographics are awful. I have appended a table with some selected birth rates per woman (from a yearbook, <http://www.weltalmanach.de/>). 2.1 is needed for maintaining the population. As an optimist I don't concur with the derivations of the blog author and hope that the increasing pressure will lead to the necessary changes. Country Birth rate Somalia 5.1 Afghanistan 4.8 Nigeria 4.0 Pakistan 3.4 Iraq 3.1 India 2.5 Mexico 2.5 Egypt 2.5 Iran 2.2 Indonesia 2.2 Turkey 2.2 Israel 2.1 Brazil 2.0 Vietnam 1.9 USA 1.5 China 1.5 France 1.3 Canada 1.1 GB 1.1 Poland 1.0 Spain 1.0 Italy 0.9 Germany 0.9 Russia 0.9 Japan 0.9