[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> They happily pay 50% of their earning towards taxes. LOL >> The tax system has to be about receiving the best value for the dollar >> of taxes paid, and the people of Denmark are getting a better deal than >> we are. >> > > And that is why so many people are trying to get into the US, both legally > and illegally. Is that the case in Denmark? If you like that system, go > there... just don't try to impose it on those of us who value freedom over > freebies. I had a friend who recently passed away who came from Denmark. > Have any idea why? He didn't like the choices he was given from his 50% tax > payments. > > Beyond that, and no offense to individual Danes, if Denmark as a nation > accomplished even a small portion of what the US has, it may be a viable > model. Just remember how the Danish army turned back Adolf Hitler and saved > Belgium, France, Holland and the rest. Oh yes it wasn't the Danes... it was > the US along with the Brits! They are like the rest of Europe, just taking > care of their useless selves, and letting the US take care of protecting them > with NATO etc. >
Happiness seem to be related to reasonable expectations. At the very end of the video tied to the link I provide, a student provides a clue as to why so many American have become disallusioned: #------------------------- Excerpt: Asked what he would advise Americans to do, the man said, "Well, okay. I have an advice. Don't depend too much on the American dream. Yeah. I think you might get disappointed." #--------------------------- Regards, LelandJ > -- > Larry Miller > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > message/rfc822 > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
