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Wilko

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Negative growth in GDP, and a public debt level that approaches the
percentage
of GDP that the US has during a war time economy.

I look forward to seeing the numbers to support that thesis. Do

ou
happen to have any links that prove your point?

It's an easy web search. CIA Factbook, then look up Netherlands on the index,
click economy. One of the best and easiest sources of general information on
most countries of the world. I looked at the year 2003.

Because the U.S. national debt is growing at an ever increasing rate,
because the U.S. has a negative trade deficit, because the U.S. has .

Again, So is the debt of the Netherlands, and outside of the 3% allowable
growth in public debt by the Common Market. And it still isn't in a war time
economy.

We have had a negative trade balance for years. The biggest reason is that we
are big domestic producers and bigger consumers, plus we are a country of a
rather large amounts of Natural Resources.
Look at imports as a percentage of GDP for the US, then look at it for
Netherlands, or most of Europe. Although this is a growing concern, It's not
really indicative of a dying or even weak economy. it just means that there are
things we can get cheaper elsewhere.

denomination in free fall, because the U.S. government needs to steal
from social security funds to finance its wars, because money being
borrowed is used to lower taxes for the super rich, and waging war.

This much has always been a fraud. The SS fund is mandated that it invest it's
money in T-bills. They haven't stolen it or reduced benefits, although the
later will eventually have to happen (although many of Europe's countries are
already approaching crisis stage with "entitlements" ). So the government
borrows the money from the fund. Does the Netherlands invest their entitlement
programs in private industry?

SYOTR
Larry C.