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Originally Posted by Flaptail
The Europeans are better off than we are
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And the irony is that it may actually be true...after listening to the Right Wing rhetoric that the EU's socialist leanings are ripping it apart...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3617160.ece
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A one-year investigation and analysis of 235 countries by Jane's Information Services has put the UK joint seventh in the premier league of nations with the US at 22nd and Switzerland, normally associated with wealth and untouchable stability, is rated 17th.
Here is the full list:
1 Vatican
2 Sweden
3 Luxembourg
4 Monaco
5 Gibraltar
6 San Marino
7 Liechtenstein
8 UK
9 Netherlands
10 Ireland
11 New Zealand
12 Denmark
13 Austria
14 Andorra
15 Germany
16 Iceland
17 Switzerland
18 Portugal
19 Australia
20 Norway
21 Malta
22 France
23 Canada
24 USA
25 Belgium
26 Spain
27 Italy
28 Japan
29 Finland
30 Czech Rep
31 Samoa
32 Falkland Islands
33 Singapore
34 Guam
35 Slovakia
36 Anguilla
37 Cyprus
38 Qatar
39 Montserrat
40 Costa Rica
41 Greece
42 St Pierre and Miq
43 UAE
44 Cayman Islands
45 American Samoa
46 Virgin Islands (UK)
47 Poland
48 St Lucia
49 Oman
50 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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