Where does business flourish? In the most oppressive of all markets, where business and inovention are punished and regulated?
No. That's the proof.
West European countries are market leaders in all segment, we have the biggest global companies. Europe is quite innovative, but yes lagging behind the US. That is the only US strenght over Europe, invention and innovation. But that will turn around with time also. To answer your question however, business is flourishing in all of eastern Europe, north and south. Business is and has for a long time flourished in places like Ireland, Spain.. All of Europe is flourishing for business actually, and our business regulations and ease of doing business is improving every year.
Where are people best able to engage in the system?
What do you mean? I suppose I should answer something ordinary like creating a business, being part of creating a business, taking part in politics, or all other areas that you would say about the US. Mention one area where US people better can engage in the system than Europe. Perhaps you dont know it, but Europe is not only the freest market in the world, but also the best regulated one.
To compete for themselves and build for themselves their own wealth?
We have many billionaires, millionaires and so fourth, just like America. Actually I believe even with our socialist policies we about equal Americans in billionaires and millionaires.
Forbes.com - Business News, Financial News, Stock Market Analysis, Technology & Global Headline News if you dont believe me.
Where are people allowed to fairly compete amongst each other, bolstering labor and production?
Everywhere. But we are also free to take hollidays without risk of getting fired, and we are allowed to work in a safe environment with strong labour laws and protection. The European labour market is far more flexible than you believe. We have a minimum of hollidays we have to take every year and those are PAID. We also have a maximum of hours we can work in a row, in a week, in a month, a year an so fourth. We actually have the most generous system, while at the same time at least, if not far better businesses than in the US.
The places with the most restrictive, socialist of all laws?
What is wrong with helping the weak? Should we just throw them on the streets like Americans? Should we just exploit people and use them as human garbage afterwards, like you even do your heroes(vietnam veterans who fought for the country)?
What is wrong with paying unemployment, what is wrong with mandatory health care for everyone? In addition to mandatory health care, people are also free to choose private health care. Yes we have that also.
Where people can't be fired and young people have problems getting jobs?
No. That's the proof.
On the contrary people CAN be fired, they just have to be payed. Companies cant just fire people as they want, if it was like that, it would suck big time.
European under 25 unemployment stands at 20.7%, while American under 25 unemployment stands at 19.1. What is your point? Not a dramatic difference in my opinion.
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-01122009-AP/EN/3-01122009-AP-EN.PDF
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In addition, America is one of the largest producers of high tech along with exporting large amounts of agricultural goods across the world.
So what? Europe is also that.
