> European and Asian Governments work with their manufacturers to keep jobs > in their countries and assure the success of both the companies and the > full employment of their citizens. Even the French understand the > concept. Yea, it works so well, in Germany & France, that they have double digit unemployment. French - 10.2% or 2.8 million people German - 12.6% in March 2005 or 5.2 million people German econmic growth is almost in reverse. Projected to be just 1% for 2005. For comparsion, the US is at 4.9% as of Aug 2005 - In Japan it was 4.4 in May. |
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