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Hack&Lube · 06-30-2005, 02:07 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/29/opinion/...dman.html?8hpib

I found this article a really great read about Ireland, once one of the poorest countries, now a country that embraced globalization and has become one of the richest countries in the EU, much like Britain and the Scandanavian countries who chose globalization versus the backward stagnating social model of France and Germany.

In the wake of all the crazy EU developments, this really is another good argument as to why France and Germany really suck and need to get with the times.

CAP Article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13...1649502,00.html
Graphic:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13...1649491,00.html

I mean, France is supposed to be one of the richest countries so why does it recieve more subsidies and support than most of the poorer countries? That's mostly what Britain is critisizing as a huge problem. Here in Canada, if this happened, it would be like instead of Atlantic and poor provinces recieving them and putting them to good use, Ontario's sucking up most of the transfer payments to pad their own farmers while the Western provinces are paying and the Western provinces hardly getting anything back.

06-30-2005, 02:07 AM	#1
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/29/opinion/...dman.html?8hpib I found this article a really great read about Ireland, once one of the poorest countries, now a country that embraced globalization and has become one of the richest countries in the EU, much like Britain and the Scandanavian countries who chose globalization versus the backward stagnating social model of France and Germany. In the wake of all the crazy EU developments, this really is another good argument as to why France and Germany really suck and need to get with the times. CAP Article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13...1649502,00.html Graphic: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13...1649491,00.html I mean, France is supposed to be one of the richest countries so why does it recieve more subsidies and support than most of the poorer countries? That's mostly what Britain is critisizing as a huge problem. Here in Canada, if this happened, it would be like instead of Atlantic and poor provinces recieving them and putting them to good use, Ontario's sucking up most of the transfer payments to pad their own farmers while the Western provinces are paying and the Western provinces hardly getting anything back.