Originally Posted By BigJim89 <<Italy is one of the more impoverished countries of Europe. Why use Italy as an example for anything?>> With all do respect this doesn't seem right to me. Many countries in eastern Europe are far more "impoverished" than Italy. Just look at the GDP rates: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_GDP" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...s_by_GDP</a>_(nominal)