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To: Lou Weed who wrote (252364)	12/26/2007 1:23:40 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Not really Mike. I wonder how different the combined EU numbers are compared to the way the total of EU states matched up against the US 10, 20, 30 years out. There is efficiency in size up to a point and they start from a lower base post WW2. The more the merrier i say. I want the world rich because rich should mean less of a chance for war. Will china put it all on the line to take over Taiwan? Will Russia become the USSR again and try to sieze its old empire back? Will india try harder to avoid conflicts with Pakistana and hopefully visa versa? This wealth idea even applies to a country like iran which might in the future be using a combo of the russian and china models going forward to promote growth?

To: Lou Weed who wrote (252364)	12/26/2007 1:31:49 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

"Bet that EU number surprised you Mike....." Not really--what surprised me was chris' reaction as in we are where we are because of bush, supply side economics, low taxes, low interest rates, free trade, globalism, nafta, immigration. Both rt wing and left wing populists blame corporations, deficits, and supply side economics for our woes. They miss the main point is that world growth is what we set out to do and that wealthy states equal peaceful states. If that wasnt true, explain red china and then NU-SSR. Wealth requires some degree of democracy and some degree of capitalism to spread. EU success is our wish as its not a competition but its compartnering.