On Friday 11 April 2008 08:23:19 am Damon L. Chesser wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Friday 11 April 2008 06:16:21 am Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 04/11/08 07:40, Christopher Judd wrote: > >>> On Thursday 10 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>>> On 04/10/08 13:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >>>>>>>> [snip] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It *is* a pain. Friends in Western NY also say that milk about > >>>>>> $3/gal. > >>>>> > >>>>> Come on guys, it's not fair. You are complaining about 3$/gal for > >>>>> milk and gas? What about Europe, where we pay 1EUR/litre (and more) > >>>>> !!! According to qalc and current exchange rates: > >>>>> > >>>>> ~$ qalc 1 EUR / litre to USD / gallon > >>>>> (1 * euro) / liter = approx. 6.0093412($ / gal) > >>>> > >>>> And according to a Brit friend in France, it's $8.15/gal in Toulouse. > >>>> > >>>> But something's got to be cheaper in Europe... > >>> > >>> Health care would be a big one. > >> > >> And taxes are much lower here, and the torte system so different, > >> and people so much more eager to sue. > > > > Depends on the country. In France, they pay less taxes, and with those > > taxes they get college and healthcare at no extra charge. We coulda done > > that ourselves over the last 8 years if the conservatives didn't think it > > to be more productive to flush it down the war... > > Or think that the gov doesn't/shouldn't need to provide for my > necessitates (as I think). Imagine what an economy we would have (in the > USA) if we were not paying for the war AND not taking peoples hard > earned cash to give for "college and health care". We saw what happens under Reagan. It degenerates into the libertarian dystopia we're approaching now. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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