Beggars
Mar 27th 2015 | 3:25 am
#46
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Re: Beggars
If someone or a country has a lot of debt they can create the illusion of being rich. But they ain't rich.
Mar 27th 2015 | 3:45 am
#47
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Re: Beggars
Horlics I am skint. Give me a tip on how to appear rich
Mar 27th 2015 | 4:07 am
#48
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Re: Beggars
<LMAO> The "richest country in the world" is defined on the basis of their GDP. Every year since WW2 ended, USA had by far the largest GDP. Depending on whose stats you believe they may have been overtaken by China in 2014.
Mar 27th 2015 | 6:42 am
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Re: Beggars
It's not just wealth. It's how the wealth is distributed and it seems to me the answer is unfairly.
Mar 27th 2015 | 6:52 am
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Re: Beggars
I have already said, in my opinion USA does not distribute their wealth fairly. Abe Lincoln must be turning in his grave.
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Mar 27th 2015 | 8:25 am
#52
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Re: Beggars
Whilst if the definition is based on GDP Per Capita the USA falls to 9th place in 2014
http://www.statista.com/statistics/2...dp-per-capita/
Mar 27th 2015 | 9:59 am
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Re: Beggars
and if I were a rich man ......
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Mar 27th 2015 | 12:04 pm
#54
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Re: Beggars
Robert Maxwell died when he fell off a yacht worth millions. He was skint but had managed to appear rich. His sons, the next generation, were left in no doubt exactly how rich he actually was.
The next generation of the USA will discover exactly how rich the current generation is.
Got it missile, or still too difficult for you?
The next generation of the USA will discover exactly how rich the current generation is.
Got it missile, or still too difficult for you?
Mar 27th 2015 | 12:13 pm
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Re: Beggars
Spot on Fred.
I lived in the UAE for 5 years. 850,000 locals all of whom enjoy free health care, free homes and the land they sit on, free electricity and water, and subsidised lots of other stuff.
Let's see the so-called wealthy USA (or almost all other countries) extend the same concessions to their citizens.
Nope, I thought not.
Is this helping, missile?
I lived in the UAE for 5 years. 850,000 locals all of whom enjoy free health care, free homes and the land they sit on, free electricity and water, and subsidised lots of other stuff.
Let's see the so-called wealthy USA (or almost all other countries) extend the same concessions to their citizens.
Nope, I thought not.
Is this helping, missile?
That in general will rule out countries with smaller populations.
Whilst if the definition is based on GDP Per Capita the USA falls to 9th place in 2014
• Countries with the largest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita 2014 | Statistic
Whilst if the definition is based on GDP Per Capita the USA falls to 9th place in 2014
• Countries with the largest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita 2014 | Statistic
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Mar 27th 2015 | 12:15 pm
#56
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Re: Beggars
Get a load of Horlics >
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Mar 27th 2015 | 7:21 pm
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Re: Beggars
As this thread is no longer about the beggars in Spain I am closing it.
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