Europe has seen improvements since a generation ago, when everything was not only more expensive there but often old and often too small! (Back then, Motel 6 was a palace by European standards.)

While Europe has climbed, it still has an inferior economic system and worse unemployment normally.

No, we don't want much higher taxes and government interventionism (or nearly all retirement income coming from government, etc., as in European countries, something it won't be able to sustain in its current form). Other nations also have higher TB or HIV infection rates, so should we seek these, too?

NOTE:

It has customarily been the Right that has expressed favor for “earmarking” of expenditures by taxpayers, when discussing the frequent behavior by government (notably, Washington) in defiance of what the people want.

I actually lived in Europe for a decade. Not in some American community either. Irrelevant though, Since these statistics are widely known and easily researched. We are listed higher than Ireland.

And can those who disagree with abortion remove their money from Planned Parenthood funding? Those who oppose war withdraw their money from funding the Pentagon? After all – fair IS fair…..

LL

Speaking as someone who has actually LIVED in Europe (and not just read either sides propaganda about it) you are dead wrong Father Time. Our standard of living is much higher than just about any country in Europe – except maybe Ireland's…..

LL

You're kidding right? Vegans and vegeterians have been the ones hit HARDEST lately with all the e-coli scares – or have you forgotten all of the tainted lettuce, tomatoes and peppers of the last two summers? That is why I grow my own. Too many big growers using organic fecal matter to fertilize their crops!

LL

http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%2…

“Carbon” is a false demon of environmental extremism (“global warming” or “climate change” religion).

It's safe to say that it requires heavy use of resources like water and plants (food-chain climbing), which is another reason besides its mere richness why I say it should be viewed in the old-fashioned way, as a premium food.

Thank God, sanity still prevails somewhere.

And you're right about the hunting. Not just the respect for the quarry, but the stalking and other effort (which is why bowhunters value what they do), which doesn't even require a gun; a camera does it, too.

ps fathertime, some people liked your poem over on the other article. go see.

nuisance critters.

Believe me I showed no respect. Tossed their carcasses in a land fill like they never existed.

Ha!

….too busy hanging on for the corners….

….where we go'n so fast anyway….?

Eat…https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

ya bug eyed conservapinko….

The European's tax is higher than ours and so is their standard of living because of it. You are just not catching on are ya? Try taking a look around.

I have said for years that Republicans had no more fiscal control than Democrats. Boy, was I wrong! Republicans do not have fiscal control either, but it is like speeding on the highway. The Republicans go 15 – 20 MPH above the limit; the Democrats go 2 -3 times the limit!

The healthcare reform Tax Rise will be placed upon those with the highest 1.5% income. That’s income in the dozens of millions and up.

Father Time, I don't think your credibility could be in sorrier shape if you took it out and beat it against rocks. I'm no fan of Mr. Bush, but the fact are that Mr. Obama will be borrowing much more from China, and the top 1.5% of households start at about $250K.