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Originally Posted by Adam.

We are a bigger country who has more going for us nobody is saying its not going to be a bumpy ride but we need to look at the distant future not immediate future

Nope. The smaller a country is, the more ability it has to micro-manage its economy and the welfare of each individual citizen and therefore, the less rocked it will be by global economic tides. Being a "Bigger country" is a drawback, not a benefit.