EPT
On April 18 2008 10:22 HamerD wrote:
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It's interesting because we are slowly pulling Europe towards unification and like, the US is kind of like an 'after' and we are a 'before'. I can't help but see the obvious surge of power Brussels receives every single time a new amendment to the EU constitution is allowed through. And then I can't help but imagine the opportunity for corruption growing. Although, with all the resources in one place, and honest, fair people forming the government; perhaps it is safer than having wealth spread out all over the shop, where it can be siphoned off by corrupt officials: now perhaps I will be correct in saying like the Roman empire!
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It's interesting because we are slowly pulling Europe towards unification and like, the US is kind of like an 'after' and we are a 'before'. I can't help but see the obvious surge of power Brussels receives every single time a new amendment to the EU constitution is allowed through. And then I can't help but imagine the opportunity for corruption growing. Although, with all the resources in one place, and honest, fair people forming the government; perhaps it is safer than having wealth spread out all over the shop, where it can be siphoned off by corrupt officials: now perhaps I will be correct in saying like the Roman empire!
Again, the privatization of capital is a pretty important concept for markets. And no country of particular economic importance has agreed to the Euro standard yet. France and Germany can toot their horns, but there's a long way before the British and Swedes agree to those terms, and that's where the real power in Europe lies.
