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Calum:
germany is closer to the ruhr, and so can make more money out of the same thing than the UK which is further away and seperated by the sea.
the only main export the UK has is Scotland's oil, which is mined for England by Americans.
The UK's main mistake economically is attempting to sustain the NHS, however i do not have any solution to the mess this has been allowed to run into. action should have been started about 1953 to stop what has happened happening.
roads: the UK is not big. how many roads can we fit in? "road widening scheme"? country narrowing sheme i say!
also, US citizens likely hear a lot less of what goes on in the UK than UK citizens hear about what goes on in the USA, so it is kind of okay for US citizens to say things like 'the uk is in good hands'.
KernelPanic:
quote:Originally posted by Calum:
germany is closer to the ruhr, and so can make more money out of the same thing than the UK which is further away and seperated by the sea.
the only main export the UK has is Scotland's oil, which is mined for England by Americans.
The UK's main mistake economically is attempting to sustain the NHS, however i do not have any solution to the mess this has been allowed to run into. action should have been started about 1953 to stop what has happened happening.
roads: the UK is not big. how many roads can we fit in? "road widening scheme"? country narrowing sheme i say!
also, US citizens likely hear a lot less of what goes on in the UK than UK citizens hear about what goes on in the USA, so it is kind of okay for US citizens to say things like 'the uk is in good hands'.
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I understand.
and about your last paragraph, that is partly the reason I made this post. I wasn't getting at Voidman for not knowing either.
ps. are you on your lunch break now?
[ September 04, 2002: Message edited by: Tux ]
flap:
quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
I believe both the U.S. and the U.K. (and other western countries) are currently in good hands and they are going to great pains to gain support for and to justify anything that they do.
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The U.S. in good hands? Huh?
voidmain:
Now I didn't say that none of the countries have some serious and difficult internal issues. Some of which are very complex. We certainly have a big gripes about many things in the US. However, do any of the people have a reasonable and easy solution to any of the problems or accurately understand how the problems got to the point they are? I say the number of complainers FAR outweigh the number of problem solvers. Sure there may be a fairly easy fix to one problem but does it adversely effect another issue?
It's very easy to name call, it's very difficult to solve all the problems. And yes, generally speaking I think our countries are in very good hands by people who seriously mean to do well. I don't have the answers, and certainly know the answers are not easy, and they very possibly may be painful. But if some of these issues that can be painful to address are not addressed they could very well turn out to be far more than merely painful.
flap:
quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
And yes, generally speaking I think our countries are in very good hands by people who seriously mean to do well.
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Yeah, and Bill Gates donates software to schools out of the goodness of his heart.
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