UK's Standard of Living Overtakes The US For The First Time Since the 19th Century

Yavin4

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UK's Standard of Living Overtakes The US For The First Time Since the 19th Century

LIVING standards in Britain are set to rise above those in America for the first time since the 19th century, according to a report by the respected Oxford Economics consultancy.

The calculations suggest that, measured by gross domestic product per capita, Britain can now hold its head up high in the economic stakes after more than a century of playing second fiddle to the Americans.

It says that GDP per head in Britain will be �23,500 this year, compared with �23,250 in America, reflecting not only the strength of the pound against the dollar but also the UK economy�s record run of growth and rising incomes going back to the early 1990s.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article3137506.ece

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Deja Q

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Sat Jan-05-08 10:56 PM
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1. Well, what can American citizens do?

Whine?

Use prostitutes?

Start our own businesses?

What?

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Yavin4

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Sat Jan-05-08 10:58 PM
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4. Start Our Own Prostitution Business

Or vote.

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originalpckelly

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Sat Jan-05-08 10:56 PM
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2. You know life is bad when MiniMe is taller than Dr. Evil.

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rockymountaindem

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Sat Jan-05-08 10:56 PM
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3. Good grief the next twelve months cannot go fast enough for us

January 20th 2009 here we come (unless the Republicans win, in which case :scared: )

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lutefisk

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Sat Jan-05-08 11:00 PM
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5. I can't imagine the USA after another 8 years of this shit

I imagine Rudy would just leave the same incompetent assholes in charge of everything while he consummated his affairs on AF1.

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daleo

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Sat Jan-05-08 11:03 PM
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6. I think Blair's domestic policy was supposed to be good

He may have joined Bush's madness regarding foreign policy, but I read that did pretty well on a lot of domestic economic policies.

That said, the fact that the U.K. caught up to the U.S. says more about what a disaster Bush has been than anything else, I think.

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ingac70

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Sat Jan-05-08 11:16 PM
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7. Thanks Republicans!! n/t.

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indepat

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Sun Jan-06-08 05:30 AM
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8. Ah the fruits of shedding an empire, gaining an empire

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Naturyl

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Sun Jan-06-08 05:34 AM
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9. Look what Eeeeeevil Third Way Socialism did to the UK

Oh nooooo! And look what it's done to Sweden and Denmark! Horrors!

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