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Originally Posted by chuck norris
I never heard anything about this....
I believe there still is the euro in Italy. It is true that their economy is very bad.
In Holland (my country) the economy is not doing very well, but this has not much to do with a currency. It has more to do with high rate of jobless people, little economic progress, more competition with other countries (because the euro makes competition easier) and a very low rate of entrepreneurship.
These things have to do with the negative sides of the wellfare state, and the law (like rules against firing people). It's a big risk being an entrepreneur in Holland, so people don't take any economic chances, and progress stops.
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I know what you mean chuck.
Like I mentioned in an earlier post, Holland has changed a lot in the last few years.
I think the euro had it's impact, but the political turmoil has a lot to do with it too. First Fortuyn's murder, followed by Van Gogh's and last but not least the healthcare has gone for a ball of shit. People are worried about their futures.
Something of a different note, you can't even smoke a joint in the street that easily anymore. You could get a fine. How absurd is that.
Foreigners think that Holland is still a bed of roses, 'cause they don't live here. Let me tell you peoples, it's not.
I just hope things get better. *fingers crossed*