If America is doing so well as some posters have said, why is there so much
drug advertising on TV?   Doesn't wealth bring good health?   If people need
to take all the medications you see advertised you will certainly need to
work a lot more hours than the average European, that's for sure.   I think
quality of live is something that has been breed out of Americans, everyone
needs lots of toys so they can impress their family and friends.

With all this talk about American's making the big bucks and being lucky
they work in a country that gives them so much opportunity, I would like to
know the following?

How much does the average European owe on their credit cards (CNN said the
average American owes $8900.00)?

How much student debt does the average European student owe on graduation
compared to an American student?

Zack
"Omphalos" <omphalos@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:fc8fecc9724aaa7be94d968d44be8d48@free.teranews.com...
> On Wed 30 Jul 2003 06:56:26p, Pat Winstanley <wallopcods2003@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote in news:MPG.19925d72afe7d8cb98a60e@News.CIS.DFN.DE:
>
> > In article <1059575906.433730@clnsrv.libraryofconnecticut.org>,
> > schizam2001@yahoo.com says...
> >>
> >> "Pat Winstanley" <wallopcods2003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:MPG.1990d854da7a21ea98a5cf@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
> >>
> >> > In article <bfv0la$j85nb$1@ID-105084.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> >> > kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com says...
> >> >
> >> > > >>> But in the US the greater productivity is going to make the
> >> > > >>> already rich even richer.  Less of that earning actually goes
> >> > > >>> into the pockets of the earners.
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> How so? The already rich are earners.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > They "earn" the wealth generated by others.
> >> > >
> >> > > Why the scare quotes? It seems to me that they earn wealth by
> >> > > forming corporation and providing jobs. You nice little scare
> >> > > quotes suggest that there is something wrong or illegitimate about
> >> > > this. You can't honestly be objecting to anyone ever having an
> >> > > employee, right?
> >> >
> >> > So... if you invest money in one or more companies and sit back idly,
> >> > living on the dividends you receive from your investement but do no
> >> > work... exactly what have *you* earned? And what *work* did you do to
> >> > earn those dividends?
> >>
> >> You took the risk of investing that money.
> >
> > So buying a lottery ticket or having a flutter on the horses is work, is
> > earning?
>
> The lottery is a complete gamble. Investing requires some skill and a
> little education.
>
> > Since when?
>
> You don't win prize money on the stock market.