Most of Europe Is a Lot Poorer than Most of the United States:
“Most European countries (including Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium) if they joined the US, would rank among the poorest one-third of US states on a per-capita GDP basis, and the UK, France, Japan and New Zealand would all rank among America’s very poorest states, below No. 47 West Virginia, and not too far above No. 50 Mississippi. Countries like Italy, S. Korea, Spain, Portugal and Greece would each rank below Mississippi as the poorest states in the country.”
I’m fairly sure that North Dakota is at the top of the heap because fracking gives blue collar workers GREAT wages. Overall, we are a rich nation.
Unfortunately, Progressives / Democrats believe that wealth is collectively owned and, therefore, can be collectively redistributed with no guilt on their part. They refuse to understand that the nation’s wealth is INDIVIDUALLY owned and INDIVIDUALLY earned.
(H/T: Instapundit)
