Reply #40: 'morning all & AnneD- Old Europe succeeds [View All]

We were in Europe right after the full adoption of the Euro (Feb. 2002). We could see then that given their economic system(s), population and the single currency, they would eventually take the lead in the world. Add to that- their knowledge of history, culture and all-too-recent military history, and they definitely have several steps up on the US.

They do get more for their money: healthcare, infrastructure, pensions, and an economy that -horrors- does do planning for the future, meaning farther out then the next quarter. And workers have more rights and say in what happens at their work- strike anyone?

Kind of wish I could live there...
(Oh, well, California isn't all bad- besides Hawaii and Alaska, it is about as far from Washington DC as one can get.)