Fernando,

Quote:'You have insulted me in a very rude way'

You not only are insulting people but you are also oversensitive. Cali didn't insult you at all. If he is wrong about you studying in a Catholic school or belonging to PP, that is not an insult (or ask the PP members).

The southern workers came to the Basque Country for a job, but a mixture of the population,and so, of political tendencies was unavoidable. But basques come to Madrid because many Basque, Catalonian, GAlician, ..., multinational firms have to have their headquarters in Madrid if they wabt to make money because Madrid is the Capital city.

And that's the main industry of Madrid, being the Capital City, that's what hundreds of thousands of civil servants (some basque too) give Madrid the taxes and the power it steals to their homelands. Centralism has obstructed the provinces, and helped Madrid for decades. That's why it is today a rich province and so pay as the former richer ones (basque country,and then Catalonia).

What important industries does it have even now? But for some computer ensambling facilities and a couple of average beer factories?

Aren't i.e. Telefónica, with 10.000 workers in Madrid that could work anywhere else (they have centralized activities) and others alike the ones that make Madrid what it is? That's what Madrid's shopkeepers eat on, the main industry in Madrid. Barcelona is what it is (nearly as big as Madrid) with the only help of their work and effort, not stealing jobs and riches through taxes to other provinces.

Ignacio