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To: Taro who wrote (785110)

5/16/2014 11:12:32 AM

From: koan

Respond to of 1576949

I know, isn't it great. Very high taxes in Denmark, especially for the rich.

No free lunches -lol (you right wingers with all your hate and greed and lack of empathy are always so worried someone is going to beat you out of a dime).

How about free school all the way through to a PHD. That makes a society strong. And I believe some actually get stipends to attend school. A poll I saw recently said the Danes are the happiest people on earth.

And universal health care and a strong social safety net?? And a country where the infrastructure is kept in shape.

Two lawyer friends of mine just returned from Denmark and they said it was the most civilized place they have ever been too. Almost no poor or rich, but a vibrant middle class. People were mostly all doing very well. They were especially impressed with how much people work together.

They mentioned they came up to a red stop light on a small street with little traffic. In this country people would just barge across, but there they all stood on the corner and waited for the light to change.

Those taxes I believe are for carbon cars, or something like that?

We are a barbarian society compared to the Danes. They are doing well because they are a liberal society and cooperate with each other. The right wing is what keeps the US behind other countries with all their hate and ignorance.

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Well, then she pays 37% tax min on that - and if she wants to buy a new car, the tax on that is 100-120% on top of the factory resale price, and... No free lunches anywhere! cfe-eutax.org /Taro

To: Taro who wrote (785110)

5/16/2014 12:22:38 PM

From: koan

Respond to of 1576949

Notice which country has the least amount of poverty??

Denmark!

And where is the US?

Note: The relative poverty rate is defined here as the share of individuals living in households with income below half of household-size-adjusted median income. Poverty rates are based on income after taxes and transfers.

Source: Authors' analysis of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Stat Extracts (data group labelled "late 2000s")

According to Figure C, in the late 2000s, 17.3 percent of the U.S. population lived in poverty—the highest relative poverty rate among OECD peers. The U.S. relative poverty rate was nearly three times higher than that of Denmark, which had the lowest rate (6.1 percent), and about 1.8 times higher than the (unweighted) peer country average of 9.6 percent.
epi.org