[Vision2020] Say What?

[Donovan Arnold]

Tom, 
 
You are right if we disolve the European Union, divide by 12, multiply by four, ignore the statistics from the World Fact Book and the World Almanac, and the Encyclopedia Britannica, and we rank all the countries according to population, Mexico does come up as the 57th wealthiest nation in the world, out of 181 countries, not 12th or 11th, as me and Chas stated.
 
But even with this fancy new politically correct math, Mexico is still in the top 30% of the wealthiest nations and the top quartile of per capita income. Which means me have to provide jobs and free government care for about 3.5 billion people in over 150 countries before we get to Mexico if we are required to take care of people on the basis of financial and economic need. 
 
Best Regards,
 
Donovan

--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:


From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
To: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>, "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>, donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 6:03 AM


One thing, though, Chas.

The EU is what it is . . . the European Union, a union of nations.

Suppose we (as in every nation on earth) were to adopt an economic policy 
as suggested, and supported, by the US Senator from Minnesota Michele 
Bachmann . . . one singular global currency.

Would we then be the GU . . . Global Union, with nobody listed beyond 
first place among the rankings of the world's wealthiest nations?

The United States would then be comparable to such economic powers as 
Nigeria, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Zambia.

However, upon actual analysis conducted by the IMF, you will find that 
Mexico does NOT place 12th . . . not 20th . . . not 30th . . . not 
40th . . . not 50th . . . but 57TH, according to IMF at . . .

http://tinyurl.com/dcoqx3

Hoever, if you do not feel patient enough to download the entire IMF 
global GDP report/forecast, you can simply visit Wikipedia (who 
references/links the IMF) at . . .

http://tinyurl.com/d5n87

However, on a lighter note . . . Had McCain won the 2008 election and 
assumed residency at his new tax-supported, government housing at 1600 
Pennsylvania Avenue, I might have undergone a slight career change by 
becoming a construction engineer in Zambia . . . erecting grass huts and 
all.

Thanks anyway, though.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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Seeya
there.

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