Brian Foley
10-22-07, 02:20 AM
5 Myths About Sick Old Europe (http://blog.social-europe.eu/2007/10/09/5-myths-about-sick-old-europe/)
The European Union’s $16 trillion economy has been quietly surging for some time and has emerged as the largest trading bloc in the world, producing nearly a third of the global economy. That’s more than the U.S. economy (27 percent) or Japan’s (9 percent). Despite all the hype, China is still an economic dwarf, accounting for less than 6 percent of the world’s economy. India is smaller still.
This puts it all in firm perspective concerning the EU position as the fountainhead of the World economy . America with the declining Dollar is now in meltdown is being Latin Americanized as the new Brazil . And placing China as a dwarf at 6% shows the realistic situation of this paper tiger .
cosmictraveler
10-22-07, 04:19 AM
Now the media can pick on those over pricing Europeans and their capitalistic greedy ways.
cosmictraveler
10-22-07, 04:35 AM
That's monetary life as they say. Sometimes your the country on top then sometimes you are the bottom.
DeepThought
10-22-07, 04:41 AM
Can anyone tell me what the minimum wage is in America?
cosmictraveler
10-22-07, 04:43 AM
Can anyone tell me what the minimum wage is in America?
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spuriousmonkey
10-22-07, 05:19 AM
wow!
Kansas - minimum wage: $2.65
DeepThought
10-22-07, 05:24 AM
wow!
Kansas - minimum wage: $2.65
Exactly what I thought.
No wonder Americans don't travel abroad so much.
Exactly what I thought.
No wonder Americans don't travel abroad so much.
The minimum wage in most cases is reserved for 16 year olds and people who come to U.S hiding in airplane landing gear.
Nikelodeon
10-22-07, 06:05 AM
Illegals get minimum wage?
spuriousmonkey
10-22-07, 06:11 AM
Illegals get minimum wage?
does that include health benefits?
Orleander
10-22-07, 06:17 AM
wow!
Kansas - minimum wage: $2.65
my son is making min wage at his McDonald's job. $7.15 here in MI. ???
spuriousmonkey
10-22-07, 06:21 AM
my son is making min wage at his McDonald's job. $7.15 here in MI. ???
Does that include a full dental plan?
Orleander
10-22-07, 06:26 AM
Does that include a full dental plan?
He's part time, so no. Full time employees get insurance though. Is dental or vision included? no idea
DeepThought
10-22-07, 06:28 AM
my son is making min wage at his McDonald's job. $7.15 here in MI. ???
MI, is that Michigan or Miami?
Illegals get minimum wage?
Usually they get more. Some countries are the size of a large shoe box so dont really need this protection from employers who would rather have slave labor.
Many immigrants are hired by other immigrants who carry on the traditions of the 'old country', you can probably find many Chinese immigrants (as an example) working for $1 an hour but i guess it is a fair deal since they dont pay taxes:rolleyes:.
spuriousmonkey
10-22-07, 06:51 AM
Some countries are the size of a large shoe box
That seems a bit too small to even have a government.
Challenger78
10-22-07, 10:25 AM
The minimum wage in most cases is reserved for 16 year olds and people who come to U.S hiding in airplane landing gear.
So wait, you have to be 16 not 15 or 12 ? to work that is ?
I think in Aus you can legally work from 13..