"Renaissance Thinking About the Issues of Our Day"
The Buffett Rule
Submitted by ginico55 on 16. April 2012 - 16:37
Today, I read a letter in the Wall Street Journal that gave these numbers:
20% of the population own 84% of the wealth and pay 60% of the taxes
80% of the population own 16% of the wealth and pay 40% of the taxes
In comparison in Sweden:
20% own 37% of the wealth and pay 27% of the taxes
80% own 68% of the wealth and pay 73% of the taxes
80% of the people in America are getting a royal screwing from the Republicans!
Comments
Sounds like you need to move to Sweden. First read the strict immigration laws. Oh! Don't forget to bring at lease twice the money for everything you buy as compared to US prices. Socialism has it's price.
adjö
http://www.newsmax.com/HerbertLondon/London-Sweden-welfare-benefits/2010/06/18/id/362401
http://www.studyinsweden.se/Living-in-Sweden/Cost-of-living/
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Sweden
Sounds like you need to move to Sweden. First read the strict immigration laws. Oh! Don't forget to bring at lease twice the money for everything you buy as compared to US prices. Socialism has it's price.
adjö
http://www.newsmax.com/HerbertLondon/London-Sweden-welfare-benefits/2010/06/18/id/362401
http://www.studyinsweden.se/Living-in-Sweden/Cost-of-living/
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Sweden
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Notta!
He then finishes by saying Obama wants the U.S. to emulate Sweden's Socialism. (If only this were true.)
The other two links simply show the cost of living in Sweden, which appears to be pretty damn reasonable, considering that 10 SEK(Sweden's currency) equals 1.3 U.S. Dollars. I did a quick guestimation with the provided data, and concluded that a couple with one child can live comfortably on approx. $1,600 U.S. per month. The median monthly disposable income (after tax) is $2,860 U.S. plus BENEFITS!!!!!!!
So, what was your point?
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