On Thu, 3 May 2018 17:14:56 -0700 (PDT), "Steve 'Cannabis Oil' Wertz"
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>Bruce wrote:
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>> On Thu, 3 May 2018 16:41:04 -0700 (PDT), "Steve 'Cannabis Oil' Wertz"
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>> >Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
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>> >> In article >, graham >
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>> >> > > The underground economy is (and has always been) huge. If your
>> >> > > money has no paper trail, so many just don't report it. Can't
>> >> > > blame them since politicians just seem to waste it all anyway and
>> >> > > if they need more, simply raise taxes.
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>> >> > How about the wealthy who hide their money offshore and EVADE taxes?
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>> >> Aspire to become one.
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>> >Yup...EXACTLY...graham and some others here simply don't understand a very simple economic concept, that *someone* has to possess wealth to *pay* for the stuff that a society needs. I'm happy as a clam that many are wealthier than I, in the end there is more money about, and a society functions better with more money. Otherwise you end up like the former soviet bloc, or present - day Cuba, the DPRK, or Venezuela...
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>> This is the American right-wing hangup: that looking after the basic
>> needs of your population is a communist thing.
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>Nope, peeps are better off looking after their *own* basic needs, natcherly some are unable to do so, and will thus need assistance. The US is more than generous in assisting it's at - need population...
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>Exam question for you:
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>On paper, citizens of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway have guaranteed "social needs" that pretty much mirror the "social needs" guaranteed to citizens of Cuba, the DPRK, and Venezuela. Where would you rather be educated, take public transport, access social housing, receive health care, get yer OAP, or a range of other societal benefits...and WHY...???

In Denmark, Sweden or Norway.