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USA the richest country in the world
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02 Jun 2008 Mon 11:09 am |
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While everyone says war has messed up the economy (rising gas prices and unemployment).
Check this out!
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02 Jun 2008 Mon 11:33 am |
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Quoting si++: While everyone says war has messed up the economy (rising gas prices and unemployment).
Check this out! |
Well, don't you think high GDP has something to do with high population figures? If you check out GDP per capita USA suddenly goes to the 10th place
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02 Jun 2008 Mon 12:06 pm |
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Quoting Daydreamer:
Well, don't you think high GDP has something to do with high population figures? If you check out GDP per capita USA suddenly goes to the 10th place |
That's a relief. Their population is 4.56% of the world population. And GDP-wise they're 25,5%(13,843,825/54,311,608) of the world. What if they were at the first place?
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03 Jun 2008 Tue 09:37 am |
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I guess then we'd all have to memorise The Pledge of Allegiance and eat turkey every 4th Thursday in November  NOT gonna happen! 
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03 Jun 2008 Tue 08:06 pm |
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We maybe the richest, but were also the most in debt too. 
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03 Jun 2008 Tue 08:31 pm |
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maybe it just means that there are some very rich people in the US! 
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03 Jun 2008 Tue 08:36 pm |
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Quoting catwoman: maybe it just means that there are some very rich people in the US! |
Or alot of people who like to spend money.
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 10:13 am |
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There are rich people all over the world - Russia is an example as well as Middle East sultans or whatever they are called. I've heard that China actually has the biggest reserves of dollars so the US market is dependent on China
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 10:20 am |
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Quoting Daydreamer: There are rich people all over the world - Russia is an example as well as Middle East sultans or whatever they are called. I've heard that China actually has the biggest reserves of dollars so the US market is dependent on China |
Another example is Turkey. There are now more billionaires in Turkey than there are in Japan. (Not a good thing of course. it only shows how poor the rest of us in Turkey are.)
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 11:29 am |
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That's interesting, si++, you're right about it not being fair that there are such huge discrepancies between the haves and havenots. Though it's perfectly understandable some people are better-off than others, I'd rather live in a society where the social minimum provides for all your needs. Hold on, actually, I do live in such country
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 11:33 am |
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I think China and Russia will be overtaking very soon
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 11:36 am |
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Quoting AEnigmamagnadea: I think China and Russia will be overtaking very soon |
Hmmm...I knew I shouldn't have started learning Norwegian  but rather polish my Russian. I won't ever try to learn Chinese though
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 06:32 pm |
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It also shows how capitalism works -rich get richer, poor get poorer.
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04 Jun 2008 Wed 08:09 pm |
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You are so right, my cataturk! 
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 02:43 pm |
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Quoting catwoman:
It also shows how capitalism works -rich get richer, poor get poorer. |
But also in communist states, there are plenty of rich people who have achieved that at the expense of their countrymen and USSR as it was suddenly spings to mind and also China, by not letting their countrymen "think" for themselves! And what about Chaucescu in Romania, Amelda Marcos and her shoes?
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