* Michael L Torrie [Thu, 24 Jan 2008 at 13:46 -0700] <quote> > Von Fugal wrote: > > * Michael L Torrie [Thu, 24 Jan 2008 at 13:28 -0700] > >> It seems to me that part of our problem is we don't innovate on the > >> scale that we used to. For example, if we think about the transistor, > >> piano, car, electricity etc. All of these things are largely American > >> innovations. Yet right now we think of Asia for almost all of these > >> things. Yamaha pianos, cheap Chinese electronics, Korean cars. We need > >> to get our butts in gear and offer products that are innovative and > >> something people in the world want or need. Easy to say, hard to really > >> do, though. > > > > Especially if we're taxed to the bone and doing all we can just to pay > > the bills. Liesure is a precursor to creativity (innovation). > > How do you explain, then, that the US has one of the lowest tax regimes > on the entire planet? (At least out of countries that have a real > government, law, order, and civil rights.)
Because of all the hidden taxes where the government prints money at our expense. Von Fugal
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