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Passing is one thing. They waste everyone's time by threatening to pass idiotic legislation every 6 months. But perhaps that is the goal so people do not investigate why the EU is getting poorer and all money goes into housing and healthcare.


The median EU citizen is not getting poorer relative to the median US citizen. Don't confuse growing income inequality with "national wealth".


GDP per capita of EU used to be higher than the US.


And then poorer countries joined the EU. I'm not an economist but I think that's how it's supposed to work.


I'm not sure that's ever been true on PPP? It may have been on a nominal basis from time to time due to a weak dollar (1 EUR hit 1.60 USD or so during the financial crisis), but that's of limited interest for the average person.




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