From: John Cuccia 

Jim Hoagland (a conservative whose opinions I generally respect), in his
latest column, discusses the aging of the European population.  If what he
says is true, the Euros will hit a pension crunch even before we do:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59793-2004May1.html
But it is vital to recognize that much of Europe is turning into a
continent of geezers, however much it hates, just hates, talking about it.
And countries such as France and Germany hate even more making the changes
geezerhood requires -- the most important being whether the welfare state
will cut its generous benefits, raise its exorbitant taxes to meet
tomorrow's rising health costs or make people work longer before retiring.



On Tue, 4 May 2004 18:54:34 -0500, "Randy H"
 wrote:

>Typical euro-euphoria, not born out with any sense of reality. All you've
>done is add 10 sick cats to a litter of sick ones to start with, and the
>only reason the UK's economy is going gangbusters is because the UK is drunk
>on credit card spending at an even faster pace than the US is.
>
>"Phil Payne"  wrote in message
>news:40975BF4.E9FE47FA{at}isham-research.com...
>> > In article , glb{at}nospamever.com says...
>> > > I have a lot greater faith in the adaptability of the
USA people and
>the USA
>> > > economy than do the Hate America First Crowd that is so
prevalent in
>this
>> > > newsgroup, and the rest of the world be short on MONEY,
beef, wheat,
>corn,
>> > > and bread.
>>
>> > Hey, Gary, go fuck yourself. You are a turd and a liar, and too damned
>> > full of yourself to deserve to live in this country.
>>
>> The EU expanded over the weekend, though Gary probably didn't notice.  The
>> "Euro zone" now has a gross domestic product around
twice that of the
>> United States - the dollar is on its way to the wastebin.
>>
>> --
>>   Phil Payne
>>   http://www.isham-research.com
>>   +44 7785 302 803
>>   +49 173 6242039
>

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