Tex Houston wrote:

"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
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You don't think it important to have manufacturing capabilities?

No. Switzerland doesn't manufacture cars, aircraft,
ships, consumer electronics, or much of anything else.
The Swiss live enviable lives and lifestyles.



WRONG! See: http://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/homepage.htm

You couldn't buy one 767 for the price of Pilatus's
total sales in 2002. Their total sales, not their
profit, represents about $45 per Swiss resident.
Hardly a GDP-altering number.