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2012-07-21 Europe

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Posted by phil_b 2012-07-21 00:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I took a 10 percent haircut on my salary 3 years ago, as an Estonian public servant, but I don't think you can argue with the results. We're growing at about a 6 percent clip right now, while most of Europe goes backwards.

REAL austerity works.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2012-07-21 02:36|| 2012-07-21 02:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting. One thing I noticed was the exceptionally high murder rate in Estonia compared to the rest of Europe and even compared to the USA. What is that all about? Is this just a naturally more violent culture?

Posted by crosspatch 2012-07-21 03:31|| 2012-07-21 03:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Crime goes where the money is?

Posted by Charles 2012-07-21 04:07|| 2012-07-21 04:07|| Front Page Top

#4 No, it's always been high.

Posted by crosspatch 2012-07-21 04:36|| 2012-07-21 04:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Where's the U.S. on the graph?

Posted by JohnQC 2012-07-21 11:20|| 2012-07-21 11:20|| Front Page Top

#6 ..well there is Chicago which is setting its own 'box office' records.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-07-21 12:13|| 2012-07-21 12:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Estonia first came to my view when I was doing research on firearms related fatalities. Estonia was much higher than the US (we were 12th) and I thought that was odd for a European country. I eventually wrote it off to their high consumption of alcohol.

Posted by crosspatch 2012-07-21 14:40|| 2012-07-21 14:40|| Front Page Top

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