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U.S. falls to 6th in world competitiveness (China is #54)
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| 9/26/06
| Mikey_1962
Posted on 09/26/2006 10:55:25 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
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Does this really mean anything? It looks like stability factors very heavily in their determination of rankings.
To: Mikey_1962
Dreams of the Left:
In a report released Tuesday, the World Economic Forum said Washington's huge defense and homeland security spending commitments, plans to lower taxes further, and long-term potential costs from health care and pensions were creating worrisome fiscal strains.
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posted on
09/26/2006 10:56:56 AM PDT
by
rightinthemiddle
(Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
To: Mikey_1962
Apparently, our lack of competitiveness is caused by our low taxes. Darn!
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posted on
09/26/2006 10:58:08 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: Mikey_1962
Sounds like the problem is not enough socialism.
To: Mikey_1962
plans to lower taxes further We must keep raising taxes until we are competitive [/sarcasm]
In other news, the beatings will continue until morale improves.
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posted on
09/26/2006 10:58:21 AM PDT
by
Dracian
To: Mikey_1962
Switzerland was deemed the most competitive economy in 2006, followed by Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Singapore. After the United States, which had topped the 2005 index, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain rounded out the top 10. So we are ranked behind a few peons???
To: Mikey_1962
a report released Tuesday, the World Economic Forum said Washington's huge defense and homeland security spending commitments, plans to lower taxes further, and long-term potential costs from health care and pensions were creating worrisome fiscal strains. In other words a bunch of Socailists got together and created a propaganda report that demonstrates their total ignorance of Economics or Competivness. Notice how Domestics Social spending or Tax INCREASES are NEVER a cause of supposed "strain" to these clowns. More nonsense propaganda.
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posted on
09/26/2006 10:58:46 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Say Leftists. How many Nazis did killing Nazis in WW2 create? or Samurai? or Fascists?)
To: Always Right
The countries ahead of us are all relatively small and more or less homogenous.
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posted on
09/26/2006 10:59:38 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Mikey_1962
"With a low savings rate,... Doesn't include 401K's and a bunch of other ways that real people prepare for their future.
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:03:05 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Mikey_1962
Switzerland was deemed the most competitive economy in 2006, followed by Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Singapore. So exactly what do these countrys produce that make them so competitive?
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:05:18 AM PDT
by
Bommer
( "If they won't listen to reason over there, just kill 'em. Nuke 'em all." - Robert Mitchum)
To: facedown
"Doesn't include 401K's and a bunch of other ways that real people prepare for their future."
Like equities in their homes--sorry, forgot, the housing bubble has burst...
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:07:15 AM PDT
by
100-Fold_Return
(Those who would bash Osteen/Warren would support HAMAS)
To: Mikey_1962
...the World Economic Forum said Washington's huge defense and homeland security spending commitments, plans to lower taxes further, and long-term potential costs from health care and pensions were creating worrisome fiscal strains. Lower taxes...oh, that's a shame! A large military budget, unlike, say, GERMANY or FRANCE, or CANADA, or any other sponge-country living off of the protection afforded by Uncle Sam!
Socialist creeps!
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:07:29 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: rightinthemiddle
Right - and cradle-to-grave socialism and its costs and high taxes aren't a cause for concern in Denmark, Sweden and so on ?
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:07:49 AM PDT
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: Obadiah
And, yes, we have high health care costs and pension liabilities, but this is a virtue of capitalism rather than the socialistic countries that tax the...snot out of everyone for cradle to grave government hand outs.
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:09:18 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: cinives
I guess if you can enjoy the benefits of a free market while not spending a dime to insure the free flow of trade and ideas then you can consider yourself more efficient. The EUROs have been free riding on defense since 1945. Too bad none on this list has done squat for the freedom of anyone but themselves.
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:10:57 AM PDT
by
tigtog
To: Mikey_1962
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:13:03 AM PDT
by
Red6
To: ClearCase_guy
Apparently, our lack of competitiveness is caused by our low taxes. I think they mean because we lowered taxes not by cutting spending by an equal amount, but by putting it on the debt.
To: antiRepublicrat
What you say might be true. But if they phrased it as "an increasing budget deficit" or something to that effect, they might be more clear.
When they (in fact) criticize "plans to lower taxes further" it makes me thing that they don't like lower taxes.
But I'm funny that way.
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:21:17 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: tigtog
You are correctomundo about that. Look at Iceland - we're pulling out of Iceland in the next few months and they're whining about who will pay to provide ocean search and rescue operations if the US Military isn't there to do it for them.
Socialists are all freeloaders.
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:21:33 AM PDT
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: Mikey_1962
Let the people of Switzerland or Sweden or Denmark or Finland or Singapore have half of our standards of living and then we can argue about who is more competitive.
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posted on
09/26/2006 11:21:45 AM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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