>
> "Ed Huntress"
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>> "Hagar"
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>>> "Cliff"
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>>> Rumor has it that Michael Moore is a reaaaalllllly reliable source ...
>>
>> Checking out what he says about this subject is a piece of cake. Look up
the
>> OECD reports comparing taxes among nations, and then look elsewhere for
what
>> the average Frenchman and American pay for those things he's talking
about --
>> education, healthcare, etc. I think those latter figures are available.
>>
>> Oh, and notice that Moore says nothing about the French value-added tax
(VAT).
>> It's a killer.
>>
>> I haven't looked at these specific numbers but I think that Moore is
wrong by
>> quite a bit, on the averages. Of course, if you're talking about an
individual
>> who's paying for his own healthcare insurance and who has a kid in a
private
>> college (both situations I faced last year), and you're paying close to
>> $50,000 off the top before you eat or buy clothes, we can understand if
you
>> want to commit suicide. There were times it looked like an attractive
way out.
>> d8-)
>>
>> But the French pay more overall, I think.
>>
>> --
>> Ed Huntress
>>
>
> Even the French are probably more responsibly spending that US
politicians.
Well of course, we've had republicans in charge. They're irresponsible pigs,
which they just showed everyone over the last decade.
Hawke
