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originally posted by: CrapAsUsual
a reply to: seasonal
Yet they are not willing to pay 55% or more in taxes.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Problem is, the citizens of the US refuse to accept an efficient federal welfare & healthcare system...
originally posted by: StallionDuck
originally posted by: Hazardous1408
originally posted by: StallionDuck
92% of Americans have the following 2 things pop up in their heads when you mention Sweden.
- Weed
- Redlight District
I'm quite sure that if you explained to those same people what kind of economic system Sweden has, they wouldn't vote for it.
By the way... 92% of the people reading this article swung the opposite way. I think your poller is broken.
Then 92% of Americans are retarded because that would be Holland that had the weed & red light district.
Not Sweden.
lol Touche'
See... That's how much I know about Sweden. I thought Amsterdam was in Sweden. But why would that make Americans retarded? Because we don't pay attention to what city is in what country?
...Do you know where Gonzales is without looking through google?
Case and point
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: jjkenobi
Are you saying the top 20% should own 80% of the countries net worth because we have too many different people with yards that are too big full of dead grass?
Generally speaking, 20% of people tend to produce 80% of everything. There is something called the 80/20 rule. For example, in business, usually 20% of your customers account for 80% of your revenue/profit. In sales forces, 20% of the sales guys usually generate 80% of the sales.
In life, 20% of the people will have 80% of the wealth.
There is nothing inherently wrong with this... Please explain how your neighbor's net worth affects you personally. It doesn't other than making you jealous.
There will always be people who are more successful than others. Always. Some work harder. Some are lucky. Regardless of the reason, there will never be equity.
I'd love for one of you to tell us when we ever had "income equality". It simply doesn't exist because it is an arbitrary measure.
n Sweden, as far as I know, things are done in the opposite order, taxes are paid to the local communities who then apply it according to the needs and a part of it, a small part goes up to the central state who in their turn redistributes in the usual way. This makes the relation between the citizens and the central state minimal but the relation between the citizens and their community very strong, citizens see how their taxes are spent and control much better what is done.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: jjkenobi
Are you saying the top 20% should own 80% of the countries net worth because we have too many different people with yards that are too big full of dead grass?