Why is America so prosperous when . . . ?

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Why is America so prosperous when . . . ?

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Like the Chinese don't do a half-assed job.

Clearly you've never associated yourself with Chinese people.
But even if they did, thats more than the entire population of America.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Starchild
Your Germans are fat and lazy from generations of mass produced suarkraut and crap beer. European Germans are lean and fit from late night raves dancing to techno music and kinky sex games.

I want some of their Germans!

[Pekka]

Oh yeah those Germans are lean for snorting amphetamine and popping E's . Love Parade was great though, and Matrix club, German techno girls are nice!

[DanS]

The sad fact is that everybody else one-quarter asses it. So we do OK.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by DanS
The sad fact is that everybody else one-quarter asses it. So we do OK.

I suspected that was the case.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
America used to be pretty good.
But then its populace become uberignorant, uberarrogant, and such....But we've gotten into the business of importing everything (even our educated populace is imported) and thus, we prosper.

so for those of you keeping score
white immigrants = prosperous
others = uberignorant

[DinoDoc]

Am I the only one that finds Tass boring?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Seriously, something on the order of 15% of the new homes built in North East Florida have serious defects in them that require thousands of dollars in repairs (the national average is 5%).

For one, if our houses are defective, that isn't measured in our wealth. So you can't really go by numbers. Perhaps other nations don't have as much wealth on the books, but not as many of their homes are defective.

[Space05us]

but not as many of their homes are defective.

its difficult to make a defective lean-to.

[Pekka]

but you have to realize that these days the product might not sell itself. It's just not enough.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Pekka
Sava, don't forget one of the greatest contributors, which is getting the collective brains from all over the world because of better salaries and future options for career and good working conditions for many technology development stuff and facilities.

actually... capturing German and Japanese scientists in WW2 were a bigger factor. Be executed or help America develop the most deadly weapons in the world. Tough choice.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Uber KruX


so for those of you keeping score
white immigrants = prosperous
others = uberignorant

No. Thats the second time people on the boards have accused me of being racist without me even mentioning skin colour

[DanS]

I thought Tassadar was the only black mormon alive?

[GePap]

If lots of home in the US are half-assed built is that

1. we build so many: I think home building in the US dwarfes anywehre else, if only becuase most other rich countries have been built for so long, OR are much more urban than sub-urban, and urban building codes are much tougher.

2. While houses are not throw-away, not everyone expect to live in their house for the rest of their life, period, like before. People speak of their first home.

As for other measures-the US does OK in productivity per hour but is not stellar.

I myself have found my last 3 months highly unproductive-and yet I get all these honest compliments about my output, and I feel like crap about them.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Seriously, something on the order of 15% of the new homes built in North East Florida have serious defects in them that require thousands of dollars in repairs (the national average is 5%). There is massive wealth being created here, but it seems like it's all built on a foundation of dreams. We value stocks now on the expectation of its revenue performance for the next 70 years? That's serious speculation, and yet the wealth realized is real enough when translated into dollars and then goods.

It's clothes that aren't sewn well and buttons that come off and seems that come undone. It's poorly made roads and idiot drivers. It's people getting paid to do nothing and managers too busy to manage. It's productivity gains made by increasing the hours of salaried emlpoyees and people working so much they have no time to themselves.

Yeah, and that's nothing compared to the people who work in IT! Right, Che?