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To: Road Walker who wrote (244095)	7/29/2005 3:02:11 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573682

Americans tend to believe that we do everything better than anyone else. That belief makes it hard for us to learn from others. For example, I've found that many people refuse to believe that Europe has anything to teach us about health care policy. After all, they say, how can Europeans be good at health care when their economies are such failures? Now, there's no reason a country can't have both an excellent health care system and a troubled economy (or vice versa). But are European economies really doing that badly? The answer is no. Americans are doing a lot of strutting these days, but a head-to-head comparison between the economies of the United States and Europe - France, in particular - shows that the big difference is in priorities, not performance. We're talking about two highly productive societies that have made a different tradeoff between work and family time. And there's a lot to be said for the French choice. That's exactly what my point was the other day. Europe looks bad compared to the US when you compare its economies using our priorities. However, when you use their priorities against our economy, we end up looking bad. And there are reasons why Taro is opting for Europe vs the US for all his Ameriphile flattery. Usually, the buttheads who are forever boasting how superior we are to Europe have never left their home state let alone left the country. So they simply parrot what they are told in their right wing media by reporters who also have never left the US. Its a closed loop much like most of their information sources. ted