----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Sorenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-08-19 00:32 Subject: [USMA:21804] FPLA and RE: Global warmth for U.S. after 9/11 turns to frost
> By the way, I just read today that American tourism in Europe is way down--I bet there is a correlation.) This is more to do with economics than politics. We have been in a depressed economy for close to two years now. The average worker can not afford to go on vacation, let alone a vacation to Europe. Many of the people who did go to Europe on those 7 countries in two week bus trips were retired Americans. But, many of them lost a lot of their retirement savings in the stock market decline over the past few months that they can't afford to go. And with the appreciation of the Euro relative to the dollar, it makes the trip even more expensive. Americans don't like to admit that they are either poor or broke or both. So, they will blame it on everything else. John
