"Mike Lindo" wrote:
You don't mention that the working
Europeans pay for all of that through
enormous taxation. (snip)


Nonsense. While I don't agree with everything Leonard said, he is
absolutely correct about the taxes. When you compare the entire tax burdens
(sales, sin, property, state income, federal income, and so on), most
Europeans don't pay higher taxes. Further, because of the often higher
saleries, Europeans usually have more money to spend after taxes. Yet, in
spite of this, Europeans still enjoy the benefits described below. I've
worked in both places, paid taxes in both, and know this to be the truth. If
more Americans did the same, they would also realise the claim of "enormous
taxation" in Europe is false.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/



"Leonard Martin" wrote:

Hyperpatriot American morons never
listen to or watch international news.
Our masters see to that. If we Americans
heard about life in Europe, with its six
week vacations, free medical care, etc.,
long-term unemployment compensation,
and so on, we might stop running around
like obedient herd-dogs, doing ever more
for our masters, and ask why we, in the
"Wealthiest Country on Earth" don't have
those things. (snip)