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I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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I take it you didn't read the article?Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostI make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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If anyone wants to know how to stop Britain being the "sick man of Europe" in the late 70s, here's how you do it-
1- Break the unions in a series of devastating showdowns stretching over six years.
2- Slash benefits and shift the burden of taxation back on the poorer sectors of the community.
3- Strike oil.
1 and 2 are completely optional, incidentally.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Are you crazy? Norway is one of the richest countries in the world.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostComment
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Sure they are. According to CIA, Norway are #4, Sweden #10, Denmark #11, Finland #15, USA #19 and yes, you are right, Iceland are only #22, so yep, those pesky socialist countries are certainly poorer than wealthy yankystanOriginally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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That's entirely not true and you should know that.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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When you look at more telling figures like household consumption, PPP wealth, etc, it's very obvious that all of those countries are poorer than the USA. Jaguar's been through this several times now.Originally posted by BlackCat View PostSure they are. According to CIA, Norway are #4, Sweden #10, Denmark #11, Finland #15, USA #19 and yes, you are right, Iceland are only #22, so yep, those pesky socialist countries are certainly poorer than wealthy yankystanIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Bull****. The UK economy post-Thatcher was based much more on things like financial services than any sort of resource extraction. Oil did not power Britain's growth. It helped, but wasn't nearly as much of a factor as the reduction in deadweight losses due to taxation and redistribution.Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Pointing out that a country with lower levels of government taxation and spending has more private spending per capita (which is more or less what Jaguar keeps doing IIRC) is just trivial.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostComment
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Why do so many of your defenses appeal to other posters?Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
Also, I called you wrong on the why part of your statement.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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Maggie is dead?
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Best thing to happen since Reagan snuffed it.
Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. SureComment
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Thoth is now counting down the days until Brian Mulroney dies, and he'll have his trifecta.
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unemployment increased with privatization?
aint no economist but wouldn't that suggest privatization was more efficient than the state or did the rates go up for other reasons?Comment
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Booyeah.Originally posted by regexcellent View PostThoth is now counting down the days until Brian Mulroney dies, and he'll have his trifecta.
Soon.....soon now..... :desire:Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. SureComment
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Also, more specifically in the case of Norway, it's superficially high (like all other oil-producing countries) in GDP in that it is replacing one form of capital stock (oil reserves) with another (equities) in a way that doesn't signal much real productivity but gets counted for full market value in GDP. In essence, a kid selling his uncle's signed Rogers Hornsby rookie card for $25,000 and putting it into a savings account is not as rich as someone who can repeatedly produce $25,000 of value by working a real-life job.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
Natural resources are the only thing counted this way. When we, for example, sold the Chrysler Building to investors from the UAE, this didn't get counted in our GDP.
In the sense of "value added" productivity, Norway is closer to Sweden or the Netherlands, maybe a little bit better."You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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