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Let's resolve this liberal vs. conservative discussion

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#21
TonyWalsham said:
Steve.

Given that #'s 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 are some of the smallest Nations on Earth, I would have thought any thinking person would reliably conclude they were per capita.

Perhaps you should ask the owner of that newspaper yourself.

Maybe even Janes Consulting. http://www.janes.com/


Don’t be so snarky, Tony.

Now, for the next question. Why are these nations, some of the smallest on the earth, who have limited natural resources when compared to the US, Canada and Russia, which didn’t even make the top 50, so much richer?

The answer might surprise you.

#22

Steve,
foreign aid from the big boys, maybe? Seems little rationality in the list. Sweden has a relatively large population and high rate of taxation and yet rates as second place. The Vatican is an obvious choice for first place - immense wealth and no tax payable. The oil rich nations are towards the end of the list. I would like to see the rationale used to rank the countries.

      Tony's first link takes one to something more outrageous,  the strangest 25 laws.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2251280.ece

#23
TonyWalsham said:
David Hill said:
The ONLY financial system I can at the moment endorse would be a 100% pay-as-you-go system. A return to the gold standard, were currency has the value of the specie of which it's made. Government that does not incur debt, a balanced budget, with only one set of books. Taxes are appropriation to the states by decennial census.

p.S. tony, I didn’t know you had such a high value on my coherent practical suggestions. :slight_smile:


You still do not offer any practical coherent suggestions to fix the problem. Just more of the same.

P.S. I don’t. If you did have any coherent practical suggestions I might then hold some value. :wink:


A. When did I propound to know about our mega-financial system and how to resolve the crisis?

B. I am quite certain even you come up with some coherent practical suggestions sometime that others do not agree with. Does that make them invalid?

C. If you choose to continue discussing this, and criticize my posts, a little specificity in you points of contention would be appreciated, else you seem to fit the aforementioned definition of a troll. We don’t want that, do we?

#24

I like number 14 on that list Tim. I wonder if that law is still in effect.

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#26
  1. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

Ya hear that, Terry A. de C. Foley?! If’n yer still here after sundown, we’ll run you up the flagpole and see if anybody salutes! :lol: :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley:

Good Lord! No wonder we Welshmen have such fierce tempers.

Sign seen in Norfolk, VA: “Dogs and Sailors Keep Off The Grass.”

#27
Tim Brien said:
Steve, foreign aid from the big boys, maybe? Seems little rationality in the list. Sweden has a relatively large population and high rate of taxation and yet rates as second place. The Vatican is an obvious choice for first place - immense wealth and no tax payable. The oil rich nations are towards the end of the list. I would like to see the rationale used to rank the countries. 
      Tony's first link takes one to something more outrageous,  the strangest 25 laws.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2251280.ece


Tim,

Are you seriously suggesting that there is much foreign aid going to the Vatican and Sweden, or any of the other top nations? BTW, Where is Russia, or Venezuela, two oil rich, heavily socialist countries.

#28
Steve Featherkile said:
Tim Brien said:
Steve, foreign aid from the big boys, maybe? Seems little rationality in the list. Sweden has a relatively large population and high rate of taxation and yet rates as second place. The Vatican is an obvious choice for first place - immense wealth and no tax payable. The oil rich nations are towards the end of the list. I would like to see the rationale used to rank the countries. 
      Tony's first link takes one to something more outrageous,  the strangest 25 laws.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2251280.ece


Tim,

Are you seriously suggesting that there is much foreign aid going to the Vatican and Sweden?


I guess that would depend on whether you classify Catholics around the world sending their money to the Vatican as “foreign aid”. :slight_smile:
Ralph

#29

Well not only that, Ralph. They had the Swiss Guard as mercenaries for a long time but then they went one better … a Polish pope, followed by a German pope! What’s next? An American pope? :wink: :slight_smile: :smiley:

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#31

TonyWalsham said:
HJ. According to his detractors on this board, the Americans do have a “Messiah” now. Let us see well he does his job in the USA first before recommending him to the Holy See. :wink:

(http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/Obama_Hope_Pope.gif)

All they need do is change one little letter…

#32

JFK was seen as the new messiah and many think that this was the reason for his downfall. In essence, what did he achieve - he pissed off the mafia, the south, big business and the Russians and the Cubans. What positive things did he actually achieve? Barack is not a new messiah but a symbol of change and hope. He will not achieve much, in one term, but hopefully will be seen as a new beginning. In so far as halving the deficit in one term, well, pure rhetoric and simply miming the exact words his predecessor said. I have big hopes for him, not just for America but for a change in the whole world. Hopefully, the mistakes of the past executives will be learned from and a new change will not be dependent on a catastrophic event as the neocons ‘predicted’ just prior to 911.