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 <petethei...@verizon.net> wrote: > From: Pete Theisen <petethei...@verizon.net> > Subject: [OT] End of Europe's free ride? > To: "ProFox Email List" <profox@leafe.com> > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > 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/4bbfd35d.6020...@verizon.net > ** 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: ProFox@leafe.com 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/70933.39483...@web31403.mail.mud.yahoo.com ** 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.
