Obama opens 3-day foreign trip in Sweden (click here)
By JULIE PACE
AP White House Correspondent
Sweden recovered in 2010 after floundering a bit when the Great Recession first happened, but, it is doing quite well. Their GDP is 50% EXPORTS. Similar to that of China. The USA needs to take a lesson on what actually works to bring about growth and it is not being a consumer economy to cheap Chinese imports with diminished quality of life, no health care and poverty wages.
So, let get this right. The problem is NOT the USA National Debt Limit all by itself, it is THE ECONOMY of the USA that is robbing it's children of their future and the dignity of citizens today. The USA has to stop outsourcing it's economy and demand better quality of life for all of us.
The Debt Ceiling is a SYMPTOM of an economy that simply doesn't work anymore.
I hope the Sweds give President Obama a reality check about Syria. I am quite confident they are more than capable of passing judgement on the deaths USA intervention will cause.
Sweden has a monarchy, hence, King Carl XVI Gustaf.
The Princess is no different than her peers, at the age of 31 she is having her first child. A sign of the times.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden, (click here) the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf, and her businessman husband Chris O'Neill are expecting their first child in March, the palace announced on September 3, 2013. AFP/ JONATHAN NACKSTRAND
...Public support for the ceremonial monarchy has weakened somewhat in recent years but remains fairly broad in otherwise egalitarian Sweden.
The wedding in 2010 of Madeleine’s eldest sibling, Crown Princess Victoria, to Daniel Westling and the birth of their daughter, Princess Estelle, have helped to counteract negative publicity around King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia....
There are other nations far more capable of carrying more of the burden for regional militaries, but, they won't if the USA continues being the global police.
By JULIE PACE
AP White House Correspondent
STOCKHOLM --
President Barack Obama is opening a three-day overseas trip with a stop in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.Air
Force One touched down Wednesday morning after an overnight flight from
Washington. During his stay in Stockholm, Obama will meet with Swedish
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and King Carl XVI Gustaf. He will also
meet with other Nordic leaders from Finland, Denmark, Iceland and
Norway.
Obama's visit marks the first bilateral meeting of a U.S. president to Sweden. The northern European country was added to Obama's itinerary after he canceled plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow ahead of the Group of 20 summit.
Obama will still travel to St. Petersburg, Russia, for the G-20 meetings after leaving Stockholm.
I would have expected the USA State Department to have laid down a productive base for a dialogue with the Swedish Prime Minister. Fairly young man who took the Prime Ministership in 2006 I believe. He faced the global economic collapse as one of this first crisis as Prime Minister.
This is an assessment of the Swedish economy by the University of Michigan.
The Swedish economy (click here) emerged from the financial crisis as one of the strongest in Europe. A high-tech economy and a comprehensive system of welfare benefits allow Sweden to enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world. Sweden has one of the most globalized and competitive economies today....
The National Debt Ceiling of Sweden is $15,231.60 per capita. The National Debt Ceiling of the USA is $53,198.50 per capita and the USA lives up to every penny and then some.
Obama's visit marks the first bilateral meeting of a U.S. president to Sweden. The northern European country was added to Obama's itinerary after he canceled plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow ahead of the Group of 20 summit.
Obama will still travel to St. Petersburg, Russia, for the G-20 meetings after leaving Stockholm.
This is an assessment of the Swedish economy by the University of Michigan.
The Swedish economy (click here) emerged from the financial crisis as one of the strongest in Europe. A high-tech economy and a comprehensive system of welfare benefits allow Sweden to enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world. Sweden has one of the most globalized and competitive economies today....
The National Debt Ceiling of Sweden is $15,231.60 per capita. The National Debt Ceiling of the USA is $53,198.50 per capita and the USA lives up to every penny and then some.
Sweden recovered in 2010 after floundering a bit when the Great Recession first happened, but, it is doing quite well. Their GDP is 50% EXPORTS. Similar to that of China. The USA needs to take a lesson on what actually works to bring about growth and it is not being a consumer economy to cheap Chinese imports with diminished quality of life, no health care and poverty wages.
So, let get this right. The problem is NOT the USA National Debt Limit all by itself, it is THE ECONOMY of the USA that is robbing it's children of their future and the dignity of citizens today. The USA has to stop outsourcing it's economy and demand better quality of life for all of us.
The Debt Ceiling is a SYMPTOM of an economy that simply doesn't work anymore.
I hope the Sweds give President Obama a reality check about Syria. I am quite confident they are more than capable of passing judgement on the deaths USA intervention will cause.
Sweden has a monarchy, hence, King Carl XVI Gustaf.The Princess is no different than her peers, at the age of 31 she is having her first child. A sign of the times.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden, (click here) the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf, and her businessman husband Chris O'Neill are expecting their first child in March, the palace announced on September 3, 2013. AFP/ JONATHAN NACKSTRAND
...Public support for the ceremonial monarchy has weakened somewhat in recent years but remains fairly broad in otherwise egalitarian Sweden.
The wedding in 2010 of Madeleine’s eldest sibling, Crown Princess Victoria, to Daniel Westling and the birth of their daughter, Princess Estelle, have helped to counteract negative publicity around King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia....
There are other nations far more capable of carrying more of the burden for regional militaries, but, they won't if the USA continues being the global police.
