tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post6261522100798171440..comments2024-03-27T01:57:19.605-04:00Comments on Return To Excellence: Seeing Is BelievingReturnToExcellence.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149859814999976879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-15270278713880185072011-03-19T19:04:05.007-04:002011-03-19T19:04:05.007-04:00Doug: A sidebar observation. . .My observations o...Doug: A sidebar observation. . .My observations of America's wealth are revealing some scary facts. I have traveled internationally for business and pleasure extensively in the last 40 years. Without exception Americans were always the predominate travelers worldwide. Americans can no longer make that claim, we have surrendered our first, second and maybe third place to Germans, Canadians and Europeans at large. Please keep in mind there are no government statistics to confirm or deny this observation - it’s my personal opinion.<br /><br /> <br /><br />I have a friend who owns and rents a home in Aruba. His clients throughout the last five years have gone from primarily Americans to Germans and Dutch. He tells me when the ships dock again Americans are sparse. Jane just returned from a cruise around Australia and she noticed you could count the Americans on the fingers of one hand. Americans are getting poorer and the rest of the world appears to be getting wealthier.<br /><br /> <br /><br />I am not going to entertain speculation as to why America’s wealth is shrinking compared to our international neighbors other than to say TAXES.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-77813555173851484562011-03-19T19:02:14.666-04:002011-03-19T19:02:14.666-04:00Although I share your disappointment please do not...Although I share your disappointment please do not feel so bad.<br /> <br />Now that these freshman Republicans are in office, many of them are afraid to trim large amounts of money from the various programs - they don't want to be blamed by constituents for cuts to favored programs thereby giving them a good chance of losing the next election.<br /> <br />The worse part of your series of messages last week is that they reveal that we still don't have the kind of quality people in sufficient quantity to pass the FairTax any time soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com