It's also very sad when a countries 'success' is judged purely in financial terms - by those standards Luxembourg would be the most successful country in the world, and Iran would be a better place to live than the Philippines.
I have seriously considered emigrating to Canada, conversely the US would be fairly low down on my list of desirable places to live. On 12/1/05, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >http://www.washingtontimes.com/commentary/20040407-092910-6316r.htm > > The source says it all > > > > Canada's leading economic think tank, the Fraser Institute, has > >just published two very provocative studies that detail the relative > >failure of the Canadian vs. U.S. model. > > Given that the Fraser Institute is more right wing than the extreme wing of > the Republican party, they do have an agenda, and that colours anything they > produce. Moreover their economic reports have been criticized for extreme > bias and in some cases blatently ignoring contradictory evidence. Given the > additional sources (i.e., the Washington Times who do not mind mixing news > reports with their editorial bigotry) bias, this study is junk. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185082 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
