NantanCochise wrote:

You girls can kick and scream for all you want, read what you will, but I tend to get my information on what I can see and what I experience on the ground. I spend my time between Europe and the US and while some of you think the European economy is so great and that the US economy is in such bad shape, you all couldnt be further from the truth. Everyone I know in Europe is struggling to get a job, the ones that make it are underpaid and pay high taxes. So many of my clients in Europe are going bankrupt and cant pay inhibiting them from further business exploits. So many companies in Europe see the weak dollar as an advantage for buying high tech American products at a bargain, but the European Commission is taxing those imports making it harder for these companies to get them and so being forced to buy within Europe at a higher price. Dont get me wrong, things in the States are not as good as they once were, but I go into a supermarket and get all I need. I spend about $100 for the week. When Im in Europe I spend about 90 Euros-thats 130.48200 U.S. dollars. Besides NY, LA and San Fransisco, housing in the States is cheaper. Cars are a lot cheaper. I pay less tax in the States and my co-workers in Europe get paid two fifths less than their American counterparts. Gas is still cheaper in the US and so is public transportation. Half of my friends in Europe are still living with their parents- and half of them are in their thirtys-they are unmarried and have no children. Thats a whole different story in the States where 100% of my friends live outside the family home and more than half are married and two thirds already have kids. Im now in the States and its time for lunch, think Ill go out to eat, I can afford it here as I know Ill spend about 10 dollars, something I couldnt do so easily in Europe.
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