I have a friend in Germany that has a bachelors degree in
Physiotherapy.
He makes 3000 euro a month. One eurois $1.40 USD.
He pays 400 euro a month for "free" health
insurance and 1100 euro a month in income taxes.
Fuel is 1.55 euro per liter.
4 liters is about 1 gallon US so fuel cost 6.20 euroa gallon.
That is 8.68 USD a gallon. Since the realcost of gas is $2.50 USD
That works out to a taxof $6.18 USD per gallon!!!!!!!
To ride the subway all day is 6.30 euro about $9 USD.
One must get to work and get home.
Now we have the %12 to %18 VAT tax
on everything you buy with thepossible exception of food.
My friends pays about 900 euro a month in apartment rent, water, heat
and electricity. No elevator in that apartment house. You carry your
luggage up five flights of stairs.
That leaves 600 euro a month for food and entertainment.
No car payments yet let alone a private airplane or boat.
Fortunately parking is free in that part of Frankfurt but it is tough to
find an open space most of the time. You may have to walk a couple of
blocks.
The German people believe it is impossible to save money and start
a biz.
Now the Dems want us to become more like Germany.
I say get rid of all the Dems in the next election.
PaulLamar
I wish you would get rid of the Dems, sadly Bush with his Iraq and
Afghanistan Miss-adventures and then Obama without a clue have combined to
take the US from No 1 world power to No3 after Russia and China.
Blair and Cameron have done the same here for the UK, the West is totally
finished and I'm not sure if there is time for the West to recover, the
damage done over the last 20 years has been too great both financially and
industrially.
Instead of the G8 I fear we may soon be listening to the G3, Russia, China,
India.
Regards,
Nigel Eyre.
I wish you would get rid of the Dems, sadly Bush with his Iraq and
Afghanistan Miss-adventures and then Obama without a clue have combined to
take the US from No 1 world power to No3 after Russia and China.
Blair and Cameron have done the same here for the UK, the West is totally
finished and I'm not sure if there is time for the West to recover, the
damage done over the last 20 years has been too great both financially and
industrially.
Instead of the G8 I fear we may soon be listening to the G3, Russia, China,
India.
Regards,
Nigel Eyre.
I saw some graffiti in Germany near the university
that said:
"USA hands off Iraq"
I was tempted to add:
"USA hands off Hitler"
What if we had done that?
You would now be speaking German :)
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Bush, father and son, only spent 1 trillion on those two wars.
Obama has spent 10 trillion in just six years equal to the total debt of
all the presidents that came before him since 1776.
Paul Lamar