[HUG ] Re: SV: Re: Price Comparisons

At 05:42 AM 7/6/2008, you wrote:

Quoting Tom Just Olsen, who wrote on Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 12:26:55PM +0200 ..
> What makes up a great difference between Americans and Europeans, lawyers or not, when purchasing power is conserned, is that we Europeans 'must' pay for our own - and other's, health care insurance, child care, education and all that, before we can buy a Mercedes SUV or a H3. Some 42% off my salary goes to that, pluss a hefty 20% sales tax is my contribution. + + 

52% here..  Sales tax is 19%  I'll spare you the taxes on things like petrol
On the other hand, we Americans have a lot of folk who can not afford medical care, who don't get to eat regularly - or well - although we do have the scratch to wage wars. 



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