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This generalization is not only irresponsible but also inaccurate: The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that Mexicans already spend more per capita on U.S.-made products than do consumers in Japan or Europe...
...task is not going to be easy. Canada has a $26 billion federal deficit and a foreign debt of $225 billion -- the largest, per capita, in the industrialized world. The country also has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the West, at 11.2%. During his campaign, Chretien promised to create 120,000 jobs in the public sector, most of them building and repairing Canada's eroding infrastructure. But, says John Clinkard, chief economist of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Toronto, "the fiscal cupboard is essentially bare. The Liberals can play around the edges with fiscal policy...
...early years of commonwealth, adroit use of Section 936 and other incentives raised Puerto Rico from dire poverty to one of the highest living standards in Latin America. But progress has stalled. Industrial development has failed so far to move the island's per capita income close to mainland levels. Unemployment is now 18%, and half the people get some form of public assistance. This year Congress voted to reduce the 936 tax benefit starting in 1994. Statehood would accelerate 936's demise. "It would be a disaster," says Alex Maldonado, a former newspaper editor who is writing an economic...
Peterson, who has studied health care for a number of years and taught at Harvard until this year, said the United States currently spends 30 to 40 percent more per capita than Canada...
...have bars, their doors have iron gates, and their automobiles have alarm systems. All South Africans, whether they be white, colored, Indian or Black, are feeling the effects of increased lawlessness. Johannesburg, the country's largest city, was recently pronounced the murder capital of the world. Its per capita death rate due to violent crime far exceeds those of both New York and Los Angeles. The violence is especially pronounced in some townships. In Soweto, one two-week period witnessed the killing of over 500 people...