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[QUOTE="Tony Eeds, post: 969438, member: 32023"] Interesting thread, VERY interesting in fact. To the question of us being European in background, I am proud to say that I am a fifth generation Texan with a Cherokee Grandmother and Negro Grandfather in my background. That being said, you would never have known it with my blond hair as a kid. America is the greatest country on earth, because for the first time in recorded history a political system developed that released the human spirit to become whatever it wanted. The Plymouth Colony was based originally on collectivism and they darn near starved to death. Capitalism is the name of the game here and as much as the Liberals and Unions might try, capitalism, as an economic philosophy, continues to thrive. Bill Gates is one my heros as much because of creating something out of nothing (master marketer of DOS) way out in Washington (the state) as his ability to stay under the radar (British invention) screens in Washington (the town). The Beltway Gang (political class here in America) cannot allow for unfettered capitalism, as we tend to ignore them. By nature, capitalism does not accept boundaries. Boundaries are the key difference between America and most other developed countries on earth. As an example, consider the definition of the word frontier. We have always looked at frontiers as something (usually within our boundaries) to conquer, while the Europeans view frontiers as the boundaries between countries. This is not my thesis, rather one written extensively on in [i]The Great Frontier[/i] by Walter Prescott Webb in 1962. Every country achieves the majority of it’s good early in its’ life and then falls into a period of complacency that can best be described as sitting on one’s laurels. America was counted out in the 1970's with the ascension of Japan, only to eclipse Japan as it has languished for 20 years with a banking and credit crisis that Japan refuses to deal with. In America, we cut our losses in the larger world of business, all the while enduring constant carping from the unions about protectivism for their “minions”. In the world of politics, big business here in America endures a daily barrage of criticism about how “unfeeling” they are. Capitalism is great specifically because it is NOT about feelings. While Japan has been busy saving face, America has been jettisoning dead wood. America is reinventing itself from the complacency that crept into the system beginning in the late 1880's and continues through the late 1980's. That century encompasses some of the best accomplishments America has made on the world stage while also encompassing some of the most restrictive policies (taxes and regulations) every burdened on it’s own citizens. As much because of size as anything else, much of the written history about the European Continent encompasses protectivism. This is not a criticism as much as an observation. I’ve lost track who said it (Muddy I think), but the comment of America singing from the same hymnal while Europe sings from different hymnals, does it in individual languages and with nationalism alive and well in the voices, is a very accurate point. I agree that the concept of a European Union was DOA. The “culture” of America is under assault at the moment by an unprecedented influx of economic refugees across our southern border. Western Europe has experienced this immigration from former eastern bloc countries as well as the middle east. Because of the smaller size of individual countries in Europe, the big picture economic problem of the impact of immigrants has begun to surface sooner than it will here in America. Economic refugees are going to be a HUGE issue over the next 30~50 years for both European and American politicians. There is tons of ink opining that people are coming to America for jobs and to a certain extent this is true. I would counter that many of the refugees are here because they are taking advantage of the fact that we have numerous safety nets for our citizens, as does Europe. We cannot continue to attempt to support these refugees while watching our manufacturing base quickly being moved to countries such as China because of their wage competitiveness. I do have a great deal of faith that America will face this challenge as well and reinvent itself in this age of unprecedented economic growth worldwide. Capitalism will be the engine this re-invention as well as the economic system that demands freedom for all people here on earth. China is struggling with capitalism now and it will ultimately destroy communism there. I have less faith in Europe at the moment as some countries in Western Europe, such as France and Germany, are mired in a debate about the welfare state, collective bargaining and economic stagnation. An answer will come out of the debate, but it will be a while doing so. Ireland has opened up it’s market and the last I heard become somewhat of a magnet for economic development. I recently finished [i]The FairTax Book[/I] by Neal Boortz and I have to say that it solidified my opinion that we must have a tax revolution here in America. [/QUOTE]
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