Gosh what a limited view of who can vote.

In the UK anyone who is resident and a Commonwealth citizen (population about 2.5B) can vote. Also Irish citizens  (pop about 3.5M) can vote.

As EstonianKat says EU citizens can't vote. It would never do for about a million citizens from elsewhere in the EU to move to Luxembourg and take the place over. Gee you didn't think the EU was a democracy did you?

In my opinion it is crazy but that is how it is.

Jobsworths are everywhere.

Franco

Perhaps the word he was racking his brain for was Hayekian.

It is important to remember that in Hayek's book "The Constitution of Liberty (1966)" he has a postscript called "Why I am not a Conservative". 

Yes it is always contentious when things are done and the unintended consequences are always an issue. The Chinese though have huge wodges of bucks which they can spend on infrastructure while the US has very little to show for its spend on Chinese goods.  When the Chinese government decides that moving good around by train is a priority we can be be pretty sure they will move in that direction.

And of course Eisenhower had seen the answer when he saw the German autobahns and decided to emulate them in the US. From memory didn't he justify them on the basis that they were postal roads?

Peter,

Just a couple of points.

The Chinese state has created a motorway and railway infrastructure in much the same way as Eisenhower created the inter-state system.  This clearly helps those private initiatives to bear fruit.

When a Chinese company exports and receives dollars these are replaced by renminbi by the government thus expanding the money supply. This allows the government to build up huge dollar account which it uses to its advantage. These can be used to buy up other folks natural resources and also keeps the US spending on Chinese goods by buying US bonds.

Can't work out what is bad about it as I can choose what I follow,.

For those of you who are interested in WWII here is something to follow. It gives a daily account of what happened. It is currently in 1941 and the US  is supplying the Brits to keep them going.

@RealTimeWWII

Are you sure about that? You haven't shown any numbers. Have you taken into account the enhanced state pensions?

This is definitely not true. If you are a well known statist you will get the best treatment. If you are a trusting patient ignorant of the political situation you will get poor service. Yes this is a generalization but close to the truth.

The reason for the boarding pass check is so the airline gets a cut.

The reason for the passport check is in case you are a possible terrorist.

13/13

There wouldn't be any point in other countries staying in the Euro if Germany left. They hope to benefit from the German largess in areas like infrastructure and farming.

On the other hand the Germans will continue to run  an economy based on unions, capital, management and government deciding for each company what the relative payouts will be. Their number one consideration is to keep their inflation lower than any other Euro member thus creating over time a massive trade advantage in cash terms. Few Euro members can compete where socialism is more powerful than patriotism.

Yes the Dreadnaught is a lesson to all of us how quickly technology can obsolete complete fleets. 

Also this will all be regulated by arty types. This is necessary to give the lumpen intelligentsia something to do and unfortunately for us that thing is to control our lives.

It's definitely warmed up over the past 3 months.