Right now the energy and banking industry in the US have reaped the largest returns in market history. While we lose our homes and can't afford to gas up to go to work. And if we blink they will continue to be.
I think moving military supplies and finical transactions pretty much destroys the official status of being “neutral” in wartime. There is a lot of dirt on the subject of Switzerland’s involvement with Germany but I really don’t want to waste too much time looking thought dirt on the subject is not that interesting to me. But the Jewish people have compiled a lot of stuff on that . I like Switzerland and have spent sometime there and worked there before the country was very nice to me. But I like to give them a hard time because they are quite stuck up especially towards foreigners. You will see if you move there have fun being a 2 class foreigner. They have a lot of social benefits but you will pay for them in the taxes..
Those reserves were purchased with taxpayer dollars at a far lower rate than the present. If this current administration wanted to leverage they could, but that's not what they want, but it has slowed the rise in prices. No this administration wants to drill in ANWR. I say no!
Yeah, independent economy, you going to back that up? I already did my research and showed it isn't. Neutrality towards Nazi Germany is nothing to be proud of. Citibank shareholders lost $125 billion over the last year. WILL YOU PLEASE STOP MAKING THINGS UP.
http://www.about.ch/economy/index.html#CH_Eco_trade_partners As you can see, export and import is pretty much the same. Germany, Italy and France are the Swiss biggest trading partners, this is because of Switzerland trifecta of culture, Italian, French and German and the direct neighbouring border. Also included is Austria. The U.S. is the 2nd exporting partner. All other are minimal. As you can see the farthest trading partners are Japan and U.S. Most important trade goods are Chemicals and Machinery which the Swiss both import and export. It's from 2003, granted, but you get the idea. I dissagree.
Yeah if you invest money in a saving account… you don’t pay taxes but you don’t make interest the swiss call it “Black Money”, that is how the Switzerland banking system got rich (I’m not sure if it still works like that but that how it was for years). Everything else is taxed and regulated beyond most other countries. If you are looking for freedom and a loose government Switzerland is not it..
I don't think you even understand the question. If they were independent, the proportion of imports and exports in GDP would be small. Its not, its large. How can you be "neutral" about Nazi Germany as they conquer Europe and exterminate the jews?