[HUG ] Re: SV: Re: Price Comparisons

You are correct. It IS time to shut down this W-A-Y OFF TOPIC thread.

No more... please!

Thanks,

Jim



On Jul 6, 2008, at 8:37 AM, flexbody wrote:

Although I am afraid the omner of this list won't like the development of this thread what is the price of fuel or the cost for medical care to those
who do not have money to buy food?

----- Original Message -----
From: Bernard Ferster
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:53 PM
Subject: [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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