I wasn’t actually promoting our system (that’s an American trait), I was just saying that things are not so bad. You will pull through. There are worse things happening than you have.
I was only saying that taxes can go up a lot more before you have problems. Gas prices (taxes) can go up more too, we pay 4x as much and nobody stops driving here. And we are seeing more of those big SUVs here too. So it’s not so bad.
Most of you who flame the system here are missing the point, lambasting the “socialistic” “hell” system here. You are too blind to see that you have swallowed the American koolaid. It tasted good, but now you have serious hallucinations.
The high tax system here works somewhat because it drives business and entrepreneurial people to be very sharp and careful and gives them (and only them, not the masses) a chance to do something. At the same time keeping the masses happy.
The masses neither have the tax knowledge nor the will to have 3 cars and a boat, but they still have the feeling they are accomplishing something, however small or big.
They just want to have a comfortable life. That is here.
And, make no mistake (don’t let that kookaid blind you) that’s what most American people really want too.
But Americans have been brought up to blindly believe in a dream. But that’s all it is, a dream. That they can be an astronaut or president, whatever, a dream. So when life gets them down and they only have 3 cars and 1 boat, they get frustrated and unhappy.
Here, they have not been brought up to want it all. They generally are happy with what they have. (and they still have quite a lot)
All over the world most of the people are cows and they want to be happy in their comfortable fields being milked. The cows don’t riot, don’t dream about being astronauts, don’t carry guns and are available to work and pay taxes. And don’t day dream about flying.
If the owners of the cows (entrepreneurs) invest a little in keeping the fields comfortable, and are left alone to get on with making money, and there are plenty of rich people here in this “socialistic hell”.
Plenty of Ferraris, Porsches, etc. where the hell do you think they are made, in Detroit?
And what roads and drivers do you think they are made for, American “autobahns”?
Come on.
Life is good here in Europe. It is not a socialistic hell. We don’t blindly flame others’ systems. We try to understand them and see how they do it.
And driving is good, we have freedom from cops and great cars that you don't have. And we have places like the Ring etc.:tongue:
And we try to learn from the last century, and what we have learned is that compromise and understanding and being a little “wimpy” is better than trying to be like some comic book action hero and hitting the concrete because you think you can jump off building and fly.
And we don’t actually call it socialism, we call it ”responsible” and “humane”. Just like “wimpy” is actually “modesty” and “sensible”.
You guys in the States don’t have it so bad, this recession/crash will hurt everybody, but come on, pay the price to keep the cows happy, and there won’t be riots in the streets.
Continue to ignore your “social” responsibilities and the cows could learn to use pitchforks.
Jeez, this thread has really wandered…sorry
I wasn’t actually promoting our system (that’s an American trait), I was just saying that things are not so bad. You will pull through. There are worse things happening than you have.
I was only saying that taxes can go up a lot more before you have problems. Gas prices (taxes) can go up more too, we pay 4x as much and nobody stops driving here. And we are seeing more of those big SUVs here too. So it’s not so bad.
Most of you who flame the system here are missing the point, lambasting the “socialistic” “hell” system here. You are too blind to see that you have swallowed the American koolaid. It tasted good, but now you have serious hallucinations.
The high tax system here works somewhat because it drives business and entrepreneurial people to be very sharp and careful and gives them (and only them, not the masses) a chance to do something. At the same time keeping the masses happy.
The masses neither have the tax knowledge nor the will to have 3 cars and a boat, but they still have the feeling they are accomplishing something, however small or big.
They just want to have a comfortable life. That is here.
And, make no mistake (don’t let that kookaid blind you) that’s what most American people really want too.
But Americans have been brought up to blindly believe in a dream. But that’s all it is, a dream. That they can be an astronaut or president, whatever, a dream. So when life gets them down and they only have 3 cars and 1 boat, they get frustrated and unhappy.
Here, they have not been brought up to want it all. They generally are happy with what they have. (and they still have quite a lot)
All over the world most of the people are cows and they want to be happy in their comfortable fields being milked. The cows don’t riot, don’t dream about being astronauts, don’t carry guns and are available to work and pay taxes. And don’t day dream about flying.
If the owners of the cows (entrepreneurs) invest a little in keeping the fields comfortable, and are left alone to get on with making money, and there are plenty of rich people here in this “socialistic hell”.
Plenty of Ferraris, Porsches, etc. where the hell do you think they are made, in Detroit?
And what roads and drivers do you think they are made for, American “autobahns”?
Come on.
Life is good here in Europe. It is not a socialistic hell. We don’t blindly flame others’ systems. We try to understand them and see how they do it.
And driving is good, we have freedom from cops and great cars that you don't have. And we have places like the Ring etc.:tongue:
And we try to learn from the last century, and what we have learned is that compromise and understanding and being a little “wimpy” is better than trying to be like some comic book action hero and hitting the concrete because you think you can jump off building and fly.
And we don’t actually call it socialism, we call it ”responsible” and “humane”. Just like “wimpy” is actually “modesty” and “sensible”.
You guys in the States don’t have it so bad, this recession/crash will hurt everybody, but come on, pay the price to keep the cows happy, and there won’t be riots in the streets.
Continue to ignore your “social” responsibilities and the cows could learn to use pitchforks.
Jeez, this thread has really wandered…sorry
