Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Ireland's Wealth?

Is it odd that after all the economic mess Ireland fell into, the IMF still lists the debt ridden country as having the world's 13th highest GDP per capita with $38,550?  This places Ireland ahead of Germany, the UK, and France -- the powers I always think of as running the EU.  Ireland's high per capita GDP probably means two things: a) it's debts are mind-bogglingly high, and, b) instead of concentrating on bailouts, the Irish should be raising taxes sky high as opposed to implementing damning austerity measures.


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