Re: [Nolug] Who usually shows up for meetings?

On 12/07/08 12:11, Petri Laihonen wrote:
> Goes a bit OT, but what the hey..... Joey is out of country.
> he-he..... :-)
> I've never known any dirt poor people in Finland. Or rather it would be
> very difficult to point them out from the crowd due to good social care
> system. (Yes, it is for everyone, not only to old folks). Even I've
> enjoyed benefits from it. I've also contributed to it in the form of
> taxes. Progressive taxation is also one good method of reducing the huge
> differences between poor and rich. Fear for taxes here in US is odd to
> me, then on the other hand, I've been here long enough to understand
> why. Here you can not trust your tax money to be used correctly, while
> as in Finland, I've never encountered any statement about money
> blatantly used incorrectly (by mistake perhaps, but I have not heard of
> that either...) The whole society benefits from taxes. No Finland is not
> Socialist country, but rather a good combination / balance of socialism
> and capitalism. For eaxmple, over 100yr old company, Nokia is not owned
> by a government, and these days do pay hefty share of all taxes
> collected in Finland.
>
> There are drawbacks from a good social care system..... Social
> Leeches..... Especially from Northern and Eastern African countries.
> Those are the ones bleeding into the country with an excuse of Political
> asylum and as a return they bring Murder, Rape, Violent gangs, stuff
> normal to their society.
> http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/08/changed_overnig.php

Be careful what you write, Petri. There are millions of people who
would instantly read it as racist, and millions more who would use
it to confirm their biases.

> Yep... Finland is not Utopia, but a lot closer in comparison what I
> see(n) here.....

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Jefferson LA  USA
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What different abilities do I have?
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