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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 01:34 PM Original message |
Thomas Kostigen: The happiest taxes on earth (higher taxed countries have higher rates of happiness) |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. But, I thought lower taxes were the cure for EVERYTHING! |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Exactly! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've seen TV programs about that. The determination was that |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. what you get in return: a society on the dole |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. wtf does that even mean? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. it means a welfare state |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 04:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Living like a pauper? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 05:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. where do I get them? from traveling around Europe. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. There is just as much incompetence, waste, and fraud in the "private" sector. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 05:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Enron-like companies are quasi-public |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. If what is given is paid for,by society, with taxes, how can that be considered "on the dole"? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 05:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. that is the very definition of the dole, imo |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If you are an unapologetic capitalist, then you shouldn't complain |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. no, that's the way cronyism works |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Capitalism is "about" producing a profit, not a quality product |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 07:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm glad we agree on some stuff... |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. What different era? There have always been "a few good men" |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. hmmm... well, I could point to ANY system of government |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Commonism! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. AND They're Smug About It |
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