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On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 00:17:21 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

The general ability of the average americian
is well below that of the average britisher,
just look at an americian chansaw manual if
you need any convincing about the corectness
of my statement.

JUST HAD TO STICK THIS IN AT THIS
POINT. DOES YOUR COMMENT ABOVE
EXPLAIN WHY THE YANKS HAVE THE
STRONGEST ECONOMY, LOWEST TAXES
AND CHEAPEST LUXURY LIFE
STYLE IN THEY WORLD.

The US exceeds the British on these points because of land, yes land.
Sounds bizarre, but true. We, 60 million of us, are all rammed into just
above 7% of the land mass. This creates an artificial land shortage ramping
up land prices to the point were 2/3 of the value of the average home id the
land value. Ludicrous. The hype about consumer debt omits that 80% of this
debt is mortgage to out a small poorly built roof over ours heads.

free land availability:
means - lower land prices,
means - cheaper commercial rents,
means - more competitive in the world market place
means - cheaper and larger homes.
menas - the wife would not have to work to help pay the mortgage and be at
home
means - less delinquency because of the latch-key kids.

The UK could easily be the world's No. 1 in standard of living and quality
of life if we dropped the Medieval land/planning system we have.

He's right..for once....

I suppose so. Sound logic. I have never looked at it that way before.