http://paulbissett.com/2009/03/01/a-european-america/ comments by Paul Bissett on business, economics, energy, optimism, and survival Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paulbissett.com/2009/03/01/a-european-america/#comment-14 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:00:40 +0000 http://paulbissett.com/?p=42#comment-14 [...] In the middle of the worst economic situation in nearly a century, we are building the economic policies that replicate the social welfare state of old Western Europe.  These policies have led to perpetual under-employment (particularly of youth and immigrants), low economic growth rates, and stratification of the economic classes (i.e. limited upward mobility amongst the economic classes).  Is this the future model of the US economic system?  I hope not. [...]

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