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Old 11-08-2006, 01:06 PM
Copernicus Copernicus is offline
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Default Re: Some oomph in that poof

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Well, almost the whole of Europe has minimum wage legislated. The United Kingdom had its national MW passed in 1999 and the British economy is not doing too badly. Neither is the whole of Europe, come to think of it.

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Unemployment numbers, pls tks.

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Contrary to myth, many European countries are better positioned for the future than the United States,

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Because...

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...with healthier economies and longer healthy life expectancies, greater math and science literacy, free or affordable education from preschool through college, universal health care, less poverty and inequality and more corporations combining social responsibility with world-class innovation.

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This is not necessarily true. Regardless, it is biased as sh1t.

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Among the world's 100 largest corporations in 2005, just 33 were U.S. companies while 48 were European. In 2002, 38 were U.S. companies and 36 were European.

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This is relevant how?

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CEO-worker pay gaps are much narrower at European companies than American. Americans work over 200 hours more a year on average than workers in other rich industrialized nations.

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Cool, more irrelevant statistics.

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You expect relevance from MB? New to the forum?
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