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To: TimF who wrote (357221)	11/7/2007 12:02:37 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574744

per capita income in the US is far less democratic than it is in the Nordic countries That statement doesn't make a lot of sense. Perhaps you mean "less equal" or "more concentrated"? I mean the income is more evenly distributed among the population. Tim, I am not going through this again with you.........the data you are providing is from a rightwing site that uses a lot of convoluted nonsense in order to allow it to come to a conclusion that supports its POV. For an example.......for years, the right has gone on about the higher unemployment in Europe. First of all, Europe went through a transitional period during which it morphed into the EU and its unemployment went higher just as we entered the golden years under Clinton. During that period, European unemployment was considerably higher than the US's. Part of the increase in unemployment was structural but a sizeable portion had to do with the way the Europeans treat their unemployed. Most EU countries give their unemployed two years to get another job AND assistance in on the job training in a new profession whereas in the US you have six months and then you are kicked to the curb. This point has been brought over and over again, and the right insists on ignoring it. However, all this gobbly gook has become moot because Europe's unemployment is dropping and some countries have a lower rate than the US. Does the right acknowledge this change? Of course not......it would really screw up their POV. Bottom line: there are higher levels of poverty in the US than Europe.......not only can it be factually supported; anecdotally one has only to go into an American city and view all its slums. This has been true ever since Europe rebuilt. Finally, it should not be difficult to support one's POV.....when you start to see volumes upon volumes of gobbley gook posing as statistics, you know the author is trying to hide something.