[PRCo] Re: Another Vacation
Jim Holland
pghpcc at pacbell.net
Fri Apr 5 16:10:11 EST 2002
Good Morning!
> "Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:
> .......Those costs have gone up at least 20 times over four
> decades while the US inflation rate has only gone up six fold.
> Obviously European inflation rates have been steeper than in the US and
> the value that investors place on different currencies has not helped us
> either.
Not just investors --- govts. are *purposely* devaluing their own
currencies to be competitive in markets overseas, with the US the greatest
example! Eventually all currencies will be worthless!
> THE EFFECT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET
> .......Great Britain still checks everyone coming in. Going
> south on the train to Paris, no one checked me.
My understanding is that GB is a holdout and not a Common market member.
Did Anyone get a postcard??!!(:->)
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