How about Europe pay it's fair share? --- On Sat, 4/10/10, geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: geoff <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] End of Europe's free ride? > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 3:42 AM > DOnt make the quaintly naive > assumption that NATO is there solely to protect Europe. > Americans are quite happy to fight wars as long as it is not > on their soil or even close. So, fearing soviet expansionism > they took up residence in Europe figuring that if a fight > breaks out it can be in someone elses backyard. The other > theory is that allowing USSR to take over Europe only makes > them closeR to USA and better resourced. Again, not exactly > an altruistic policy. I understand it and I respect it - as > does Europe. But I am not that naive to believe that the > USA's first priority is the protection of the world - or > even its 2nd or 3rd priority. I work with the world as it > actually IS, not the way you so naively view it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Saturday, 10 April 2010 2:18 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] End of Europe's free ride? > > Who's going to protect Europe when we can no longer afford > to? Who's going to fund the UN when we no longer can > afford to? Who's going to fund NATO when we can no > longer afford to? Who's going to deliver aid after > natural disasters when we can no longer afford to? > > Pull the troops from Europe and let them defend > themselves. > > > --- On Fri, 4/9/10, Pete Theisen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Pete Theisen <[email protected]> > > Subject: [OT] End of Europe's free ride? > > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:24 PM > > Hi Everybody, > > > > http://article.nationalreview.com/430816/if-we-europeanize-europe-is-in-trouble/jonah-goldberg > > > > (exerpt) > > > > To be fair, liberals insist conservatives are wrong > to > > think that > > Europeanizing America will necessarily come at any > > significant cost. New > > York Times columnist and Princeton economist Paul > Krugman > > says that, in > > exchange for only a tiny bit less growth, Europeans > buy a > > whole lot of > > security and comfort. Economists such as Stanford’s > > Michael Boskin say > > Europeans have a standard of living about 30 percent > lower > > than ours and > > are stagnating. Others note that the structural > > unemployment rate in > > Europe, particularly for young people (it’s over 20 > > percent in many > > countries), is socially devastating. > > > > Obviously, I’m in the conservative camp. But I think > the > > debate misses > > something. We can’t become Europe unless someone > else is > > willing to > > become America. > > > > Look at it this way. My seven-year-old daughter has a > great > > lifestyle. > > She has all of her clothes and food bought for her. > She > > goes on great > > vacations. She has plenty of leisure time. A day > doesn’t > > go by where I > > don’t look at her and feel envious of how good > she’s > > got it compared to > > me. But here’s the problem: If I decide to live like > her, > > who’s going to > > take my place? > > > > Europe is a free-rider. It can only afford to be > Europe > > because we can > > afford to be America. > > > > The most obvious and most cited illustration of this > fact > > is national > > defense. Europe’s defense budgets have been > miniscule > > because Europeans > > can count on Uncle Sam to protect them. > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Pete > > http://pete-theisen.com/ > > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
