I was watching the cop show "Bluebloods" last night when I heard a funny comment. An Investigative Reporter was attacked. The cops were checking for clues in her e- mails. The e-mails were broken down in to three catagories, Neo-cons, crazies, and "retired people living in the tropics". <"(((((((((((((><
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Absolutely, Chris. Take Germany for example. Universal health care, excellent mostly free education based on student performance and goals, public financing of political parties, strong unions that are required to have seats on corporate boards, excellent pay, long mandated vacations every year, mandatory state pension plan. Why, if the U.S. had such socialistic components, the American economy would probably be in serious trouble, just like Germany.
And Germanys is one of the strongest economies in Europe.......we had/have (but I`m not there anymore) free schooling in Sweden too...I like that, but health care sucks...people die from several reasons...waiting too long for help, and ambulances dont come as when you call in ,they tell you you are well, dont need ambulance...doesnt matter how 'free' it is.
and a comparison ,as I`ve had surgeries in BOTH Sweden and US...many different ones, but one example is of the SAME surgery....
hernia, had one side in Sweden , one in Houston...
in Sweden the waiting period was from early February to late August....here it was 4 days.
and the "free" stuff isnt so free, you pay for it many times over with your taxes...on the same income I had there as I had here I paid 55% vs 15% tax, and not to talk about gas taxes...gas is the same "price" everywhere basically ,the difference is the taxes applied...right now gas at my local station in Houston $3.85/ gal...Stockholm ,Sweden is around $8.0 / gal ...and everything you buy in Sweden is taxed with VAT on TOP of your other taxes...VAT being 25% (built in to the price ,so people "wont noitice")
Ooooh, knew there were several half siblings from subsequent marriages. May the Linen Closet was where the idea for Bungalow Bill came from.
Michael, et al, just send all checks to me -- mark them Entrega General Potrerillos Arriba ...... I will forward all monies/checks received to Davitt!! Davitt I have found a place in your new empire -- I'm now your darned accountant in Eldorado -- who'd uv thunk it, qualified to bootheel and lick-spittle in under 15 minutes (and no need for a correspondence course).
Your loyalty wil be ..........
rewarded.
"wil" be rewarded -- by learning you how to spell propily likes wat we do in Inglind and Skotlind.
(Just had to get a dig in didn't I Bud.)
Your fatefil servint -- Mareeon (Still trying to get a refund from that correspondence course which I now don't need)
Perhaps there is a slight misunderstanding .... I AM the Nicaraguan Lottery ....
Chris, sorry but you lost my attention to your "socialist argument" when you mentioned Vladimir Lennon -- would that by chance be the older brother of John Lennon??
Because this thread has morphed into a discussion concerning the inevitable tranformation of all societies into Socialistic Worker's Paradises, I'd like to remind everyone that every successful foray into Socialism requires a Strong and Gentle Leader, and I'm yer guy. I will despotically lead with a calm and loving iron-fisted benevolence, and will ruthlessly crush any and all opposition for the higher good of all, as long as each of you practices absolute obeiscance and devotion by regularly sending me ludicrous amounts of cold hard cash money. I'm really quite pleased by my success to date in manipulating the crude oil markets in order to ensure myself vast wealth each time one of you fills your fuel tank.
As mentioned previously, I'm always looking to hire qualified bootheel lick-spittle lackeys, henchmen, molls, and jet airplane mechanics for my rapidly-expanding entourage.
As so succinctly stated by Mr. Marc Cohn, "... you can keep your Eldorados, and the foreign car's absurd -- me, I wanna go down in a Silver Thunderbird."
Very difficult to reach the keyboard while I am on my knees kow towing to our new supreme leader. You go Davitt -- our support check is in the mail!! We'll take a correspondence course to qualify as bootheel lick-spittle lackeys (I'm too old to qualify as a moll).
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