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Old 01-25-2007, 12:39 AM
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Just look at Russia -- it's far better off today -- at least economically -- than it was back in the day.
You think?

Russia's GDP is 40% lower today than it was in 1990, and they have the highest child poverty rate, and highest homelessness rate of any industrialized country in the world.

According to the Russian Interior Ministry, the homeless rate in Russia is between 2.76% and 3.44% and this number continues to increase.

And here's an article for you:

Number of Russian Homeless Children Nears Post-WW2 Rates

That is simply pathatic. WW2 resulted in most major cities in Russia being destroyed and over 20 million of their people being killed. Now in a time of peace, their child homeless rate is the same.

Here's the GDP patterns of a couple of former Soviet republics:



How is capitalism treating them?
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