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Japan - 158% Italy - 108% Greece - 106% Belgium - 94% Turkey - 68% Austria - 65% If you are unhappy with the schools and property taxes in your area, move. The bottom line is our tax rates, although way to high for my tastes, are on the low end of the international spectrum. Most developed nations have income tax rates comparable to our own and then add on a VAT or GST at the national level as well.
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I was counting only those countries which I spent a considerable amount of time.
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Words mean things and when someone says that the war is "illegal" they should be able to back that up.
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- lived for an extensive period - traveled to numerous times and had a chance to explore their culture/systems - visited but know someone well that lives there and had a chance to have a political discussion with him/her - just visited (those account for maybe 5 -- I'd say Mexico, UK, Japan are examples... |
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The war in Iraq is illegal That the US has engaged in no diplomacy since 2000. George W Bush is the focus of evil in the world. I would first challenge your assertion and if that assertion was correct, then I would assert that 65% of the US population and 90% of the world population are wrong.
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hehehe, why am I not surprised! ![]() hilarious LOL
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01-18-2007, 04:21 PM | #165 | |
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So, I guess when 90% of the world population thought that the world was flat, the world was indeed flat?
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And more than 90% of the world population cannot stand America and Americans because of our foreign policy... Your association has nothing to do wit the 21st century reality... |
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01-18-2007, 05:15 PM | #168 | |
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Despite the lack of an ability to cite what specific law has been violated or any adjudication by an international body (UN, World Court) that an applicable international law has been violated - the war in Iraq is illegal because some certain percentage of some certain population says it is. Despite the undisputed fact that the President and the Secretary of State have met with dozens of foreign leaders, attended numerous international summits, the US has taken part in multiple UN Security Council sessions, and the US operates embassies in scores of nations - the United States has engaged in absolutely no diplomacy since 2000 because some certain percentage of some certain population says it is. Despite the presence of world leaders who admittedly plan to wipe a sovereign nation off the map if given the opportunity, provide support and sanctuary to people that strap explosives to themselves and intentionally blow up large numbers of civilians, and intentionally use large concentrations of civilians as shields to hide behind while attacking others, and despite the fact that absolutely nothing or no one stands in the way of George W. Bush instantly killing tens of millions while rendering any corner of the globe uninhabitable - George W. Bush is the focus of evil in the world because some certain percentage of some certain population says it is. Can we agree that this is your contention?
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I assume you can back this up with some type of data.
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You won't be back...in one piece... As for the internal support -- we have seen the mid-term elections outcome, we will see the 2008. Although I like McCain, I'd hate to be him in 2008 after this big fu**up currently happening... |
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01-18-2007, 08:06 PM | #171 | |
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So, you cannot back up your claims with actual data. Thank you for playing. Why do you make claims that you can't substantiate? There is absolutely no data to support your 65%/95% numbers.
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As for the world...been around, seen it, talked to people...for me it is enough. For you...I really don't give rat's ass any more... |
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Your inability to articulate a position without hyperbole is disappointing.
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One of them is when you put the Debt vs. GDP ratios of other countries to show us how great we are. I never said we're the worst of the developed world -- far from there. My whole point is -- there are better, much better places than here. As for the comment above -- actually, I do think (and stick to it) that 65% of Americans think that Bush is incompetent for his job and that he is a lying bastard. Again, I am not sure about your previously mentioned UN resolution that talks about the Iraq in 1990. The Security Council had a meeting before this war and they did not approve it. Therefore, why would they even meet if the resolution was already valid??? |
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01-21-2007, 12:52 AM | #175 | |
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If you believe that 65% of Americans believe Bush is incompetent and a liar than you are delusional. See if you can follow this simple timeline: 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, UN orders Iraq to leave Kuwait (UNSCR 660), US authorizes member nations "to use all necessary means to uphold and implement resolution 660 (1990) and all subsequent relevant resolutions and to restore international peace and security in the area.'If the 1990-91 resolutions were no longer valid, you would have thought the UN would have known. Don't you?
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Now, re-read the resolutions -- I highlighted the points for you: - peace in the region - hiding the WMD Both things did not exist on Iraqi side in 2003. There was a peace in the region, definitely no threat from Iraq, and according to Hans Blix, who reported days before Bush attacked -- there was nothing from resolution 1060. 3 years later, Bush admitted that there was no WMD in Iraq. So, the resolution 1060 and all after that are worrthless. Previous resolutions, 660 and 687 clearly pertain to the Kuwait situation from the 1991, and have nothing to do with the situation in Iraq in 2003. The resolutions that you keep re-pasting here have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the UN agreeing to support the attack on Iraq in 2003. They clearly, with no doubt, pertain to two things -- Iraqui offensive in Kuwait and the WMD -- clearly none of those existed in 2003. As for Bush, if you really believe that the majority of Americans believe any of the following: - that he knowlingly lied about the WMD - that he planned (and his military guys) correctly this war and the exit strategy - that we're safer now - that we're not causing more trouble by this than good... is not true -- please tell me, so we can wrap up this conversation. If your thinking is so much f'ed up, please let us know, I think I am wasting my time here. |
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