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Old 20th Mar 2012, 14:23
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Here is some tidbits for you American haters to munch on;

Before WW 2 there were not even two dozen democracies in the world. After the American Century started in 1945 (really much before that date) to the present day there are now over 100.

After the Cold War ended over 3 Billion people enter the market place. The steady hand of the US helped end the Cold War and allowed for so many people to enjoy their freedom.

More people apply to be citizens of the US then apply to all the other countries COMBINED. The US accepts more immigrants than all of the other countries COMBINED.

Except for the short period after WW 2 the US economy has been almost a constant 26-28% of the world GDP. Keeping in mind the US only has about 4% of the world's population.

The US aviation sector is down now to only about 35-40% of the world's flights. There are over 30,000 commercial flights in the US a day and this does not include the military, VFR flights, and private Biz jets which account for a lot more activity.

As was said earlier who do you want to run the world? Believe me I want the US to pull back and stop babysitting the world's cesspools. It doesn't get us much in GDP growth and actually hinders our economy having to bail out so many regions and rouge states. That money could be much better spent at home.

Stingily must have applied to the US for a passport and got rejected.
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