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I didn't count Luxenburg.
Use the PPP numbers.
Use the PPP numbers.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
You compare the mean (average) income with the median income. The closer the more even.Originally posted by MrFun
How accurate does GDP represent true wealth distribution within a nation though?(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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I knew someone would pick the US. Probably DanS
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"All capital is dripping with blood."-Karl Marx
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ok, Urban RangerA lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Why, because that makes the US look better?Originally posted by DanS
I didn't count Luxenburg.
Use the PPP numbers."When you ride alone, you ride with Bin Ladin"-Bill Maher
"All capital is dripping with blood."-Karl Marx
"Of course, my response to your Marx quote is 'So?'"-Imran SiddiquiComment
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Real wages and employment rate would be good."When you ride alone, you ride with Bin Ladin"-Bill Maher
"All capital is dripping with blood."-Karl Marx
"Of course, my response to your Marx quote is 'So?'"-Imran SiddiquiComment
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Sweden and the Netherlands. I'd rather live in Sweden, though."Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
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Stop in your tracks right there -- he might have had a legitimate, objective reason and even without knowing his reason, you're assuming it's a chauvinistic reason.Originally posted by DuncanK
Why, because that makes the US look better?
Let's try to refrain from making this an anti-American thread, or anti-any nation thread, for that matter.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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why?Originally posted by orange
Sweden and the Netherlands. I'd rather live in Sweden, though.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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I'd say the US, just because the US has the least amount of wealth transfer programs, and thus, relatively speaking, more justice.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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DF,
Oh transfer payments. Like interest on government securities?"When you ride alone, you ride with Bin Ladin"-Bill Maher
"All capital is dripping with blood."-Karl Marx
"Of course, my response to your Marx quote is 'So?'"-Imran SiddiquiComment
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because ideologically it's right in line with my views, has a high standard of living, hasn't been in a war in nearly two centuries, and takes care of its citizens effectively. It is a living breathing example of how social democracy CAN work.Originally posted by MrFun
why?"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran SiddiquiComment
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I'm American. But I'm just trying to get a reaction out of him. America has a lot of points, but to say it's the most progressive nation is quite a stretch. You know he was asking for some flack.Originally posted by MrFun
Stop in your tracks right there -- he might have had a legitimate, objective reason and even without knowing his reason, you're assuming it's a chauvinistic reason.
Let's try to refrain from making this an anti-American thread, or anti-any nation thread, for that matter."When you ride alone, you ride with Bin Ladin"-Bill Maher
"All capital is dripping with blood."-Karl Marx
"Of course, my response to your Marx quote is 'So?'"-Imran SiddiquiComment
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No, as in transferring my money to someone who didn't earn it.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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if, when you get older, you become unemployed - will you file for and accept welfare checks?Originally posted by David Floyd
No, as in transferring my money to someone who didn't earn it."Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran SiddiquiComment
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