>>>There are 8 member countries with a lower unemployment rate than the US.
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>Many Europeans are impressed by conditions in Germany or Switzerland (which is not part of the EU.) So why not compare to them?
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I included Germany. Switzerland was 3.1 as of April 2012.
Not that long ago, many Europeans were also impressed by the benefits of working in Italy, France & Spain.
>I did see that Harvard has a multi-billion dollar fundraising effort underway to further research and intellectual property. If successful, that'll keep the US up there in the valuable IP stakes. But it'll be privatized and history shows that the privateers have tended to jealously guard their wins against other Americans, even being reluctant to pay tax on the proceeds.
As opposed to those ever-so-generous socialists who lavish their "wins" on the people? ;)
Speaking of taxes, isn't it kind of a tradition to dodge taxes in Euro countries?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/13/eu-tax-dodging_n_3070298.html
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