Now I do recall when the Euro Zone came into existence, it was called by some the next great trading block. It would even have it's own currency. Some even called it the next United States, with it open borders, and the elimination of trade barriers.
Now problems have come up, that the United States had in it's birth. Freedom of states vs centralized economic control. Taxes from that are higher in one state compared to another. Some times co operation is hard for fear that of one state would have more pull then the other.
The barrier that the United States didn't have is that the US has a common language though one wouldn't know it by how each state interprets US laws.
The US centralized government does thing for the good of all the states, which from this side of the ocean doesn't appear to be happening in Europe.
We in the United States have besides having a state and local tax system, have a greater centralized tax system.
While most don't understand richer states subsides poorer states (example New Yorkers pay more taxes then New York gets back from the Federal Government, Kentucky citizens pay less taxes then Kentucky gets back from the federal government).
The weird thing, Kentucky politicians complain about how New York spends it's money.
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