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To: tejek who wrote (322511)	1/23/2007 6:24:38 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573718

I picked Mexico as a relatively average statist country. I could have picked some small third world hell hole instead. If you want to look more upmarket than Mexico fine, compare the average EU unemployment rate, and GDP per person compared to the US. EU - 493 million people - $12.42 trillion total GDP (PPP), average unemployment rate (2006) 8.5% en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org US 301 million people, $ 12.277 trillion GDP (PPP), 4.5% unemployment rate en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org Or back to Germany GDP (PPP) per capita - US 41,399, Germany $29,700 Unemployment rate - US 4.5%, Germany 9.6% GDP growth US 3.5% 2004, 3.2% 2005, 3.4% 2006, Germany 1.2% 2004, 0.9% 2005, 2.5% 2006 GDP per capita in Germany is below that of 42 states plus DC. en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org I used nominal GDP per capita, because the state PPP data wasn't available. If it was it would most likely make the US look better as average prices tend to be lower in the US (esp, in the poorer states).