The population of the US is about 65% of that of the EU.
Cheers,
Nathan
On 1 Mar 2014, at 00:15, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> According to the wikipedia, the nominal GDP of the EU for 2012 was
>> US$16.584 trillion or $16,584,000,000,000 with 1% being a mere
>> $165,840,000,000
>
> Which is only a tiny hint more than the GDP of the USA. But we do it
> with around half the population.
>
> Our federal budget is more like 25% of GDP, though. Our states our
> pretty much like your countries over there. More spending which totals
> around 40% of GDP. I suppose our spending would be less if we weren't
> trying to buy governments all around the world.
>
>
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