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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: onepoorguy ⎊✺🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Year One withdrawal rate
Date: 02/08/26 4:05 PM
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In terms of GDP, #1 is USA at $30.6T, China is #2 at $19.4T,

A quick check says the EU is $22.5T. So it's ahead of China.

Also, while I don't dispute your data, I am just relaying what I read sometime last summer (I think) about many nations wanting to move away from the dollar and towards euros. I don't know what all goes into making those sorts of decisions. I'm sure a lot. And nations -apparently- are talking about it.**


**And not just BRIC, which was talking about it anyway since they don't like us much.
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