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| IMF Tells Greece To Privatize Health Care | |
| 2010-05-09 | |
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| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #6 There is a way out-- and it's really the only feasible way-- but it entails some very dramatic, large movements of people across the borders: OUT: at least a few million of our imported underclass, whose drag on the economies of the southwestern US states is almost enough to balance the budget of California. Savings = $30-50B annually. OUT: hundreds of thousands of US retirees each year, to other countries that have severely lower costs of living + adequate local medical care (Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, eastern Europe etc). Medicare savings = $30-50B annually. IN: hundreds of thousands of immigrant technologists and PhDs in hard sciences a la Bechtolsheim, Grove, Khosla et al who can generate real economic wealth and incremental tax revenues, esp in the area of energy technology. Incremental tax revenues = $30-50B annually. |
| Posted by: lex 2010-05-09 11:43 |
| #5 You really need to spend some time with the locals in Germany and France to get a feel for what the VAT brings to the economy and standard of living. If we take on a VAT, it WILL be a very, very oppressive move. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-05-09 11:32 |
| #4 the VAT makes sure sand gets into ALL the gears, not just the exposed ones. Its evil. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-05-09 11:26 |
| #3 VAT is the worst tax economically. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-05-09 06:44 |
| #2 also upping their VAT |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-05-09 05:10 |
| #1 er, that story's dated Apr 30, moose. Talks about the "euro rising to $1.33".... The day the Greek government announces it's privatizing health care is the day it falls, and (still more) Greeks are killed by the mob in the streets. |
| Posted by: lex 2010-05-09 01:50 |