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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by raverbashing on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:01AM (#36769265)
> 20% of Americans consumed more goods and services than the average people from affluent countries

I wonder how much of those are things like "credit protection fees", "check printing fees", CC anual fees (of multiple CCs) or just paying hundreds of dollars for a medical consultation even after copay, etc

> everything being smaller in Europe, people owning less

Your car does not need to be a d*ck measuring contest, and public transport usually works

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by pas on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @05:12AM (#36769743)
those fees go somewhere though. of course apparently almost all of that goes into the pockets of the upper 10%, and they then spend it on PACs, country club memberships, golf carts, boats, etc.

but then even those go somewhere, and apparently almost all of that goes back to the US economy through underpaid semi-legal wages. (and then some of that goes back to countries where the undocumented immigrants' are from, and then that goes to pay for plane tickets, so more people can try their luck in the US.)

circle of life!

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