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Originally Posted by Golf1echo
Since it was a question, as Switzerland is 1.5 times the size of the Dallas Ft Worth Metro Area they probably haven't put to many men on the moon. To a small degree I see they played a part in Bosnia. Between their Engineering, biotechnology, medical devices, technology and Pharmaceutical Industries they have contributed heavily to agriculture, manufacturing, energy, transportation, and health science.
Then knowing some about your interests there is the wine, cheese, meats, and dairy.
I have always found it interesting they have been the ones to secure the Vatican and the pope in the context of their history of supplying soldiers to many of the European Armies through out history. The money earned in those foreign excursions was used to start their banking industry and their Army is still explicitly tied to the banking system. It would be hard to argue that they fared much better than most of Germany's neighbors did in WWII much of which they worked very hard to make it inconvenient for Germany to occupy the country.
I wish our country would invest in itself and it's people in similar fashion.
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And that same "net worth"? Must be nice having keeping a lions share of the WWII "spoils" and then having your "clients" hung one by one, who's going to know?
Yeah, most of the older swiss bankers are right up there with hitler in their beliefs.
And yeah I love "swiss cheese" made right here in Wisconsin.