"Alexander Arnakis" <invalid at (no spam) invalid.invalid> wrote in message
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:53:26 -0400, "---agg---"
Northern.Territory at (no spam) Pacific-Rim.nt.au> wrote:

***There is a large sign posted outside a cemetery on Old Vestal Road
outside of Binghamton, NY, that reads: "The [name deleted] cemetery is
contributing to the local economy."

Obviously employs gravediggers. What's the payroll?

***I don't know the pay scale, but it can't be much more than minimum wage.

"---agg---" <Northern.Territory at (no spam) Pacific-Rim.nt.au> writes:
"Alexander Arnakis" <invalid at (no spam) invalid.invalid> wrote in message
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:53:26 -0400, "---agg---"
Northern.Territory at (no spam) Pacific-Rim.nt.au> wrote:

***There is a large sign posted outside a cemetery on Old Vestal Road
outside of Binghamton, NY, that reads: "The [name deleted] cemetery is
contributing to the local economy."

Obviously employs gravediggers. What's the payroll?

***I don't know the pay scale, but it can't be much more than minimum
wage.

I wouldn't bet on that. Most of the gardeners, landscapers, etc, around
here make way more than minimum wage, unless they are on their very first
job.

-Stephen

On 10/26/2009 8:39 AM, Stephen Adams wrote:
agg---<aggreen at (no spam) echoes.net> writes:
***In terms of revenue collected, US corporations pay the third lowest
in the world. Do your homework. Sweden may levy lower corporate taxes
than the United States but they don't have the same gaping loopholes nor
look the other way at businesses hiding assets abroad.

There is a reason why Swedish companies use overseas subsidiaries. Perhaps
you should check into it. Our rates are still the highest, and the cost
of finding those exemptions and defending them is part of the tax. It's
just paid to tax lawyers (a Democratic constituency) instead of to the
government.

***You BS again. US corporations pay the third lowest taxes in the
world. The rates are meaningless when loopholes abound. Are you that
stupid to not understand the difference between a theoretical number on
paper and the reality that the rate isn't applied?

Too funny, since the Swedes don't think it works so well. That's why
they are slowing dismantling portions of the nanny state. They CAN'T
simply turn it off. But they elected the center-right coalition to
wean them off the insane plans put forward by the left.

***No they didn't. The center-right has no plans to end the socialist
programs enumerated. Not one candidate proposed such. What you consider
controversial, a public option, was settled matter decades ago in
Europe.

Yes, they did. Do you even pay ANY attention? Mmoderaterna were elected
on a platform of 1) lower taxes 2) lower spending and 3) encouraging
private enterprise. While they certainly aren't libertarian by any

***Talk about changing the subject. Let's try this again. You lie and
make shit up. Sweden possesses:
- Socialized health care
- Socialized day care
- Socialized transportation
- Socialized university education

None of this has changed.

stretch of the imagination, they oppose 'Social Democracy' and believe
in the private sector. And they won a free, fair election.

***They're behind in the polls and will lose next year.

There's a reason why the center-right is surging in Europe - the policies
of the left are bankrupt.

***There's no such pattern across Europe. The Christian Democrats and
Social Democrats both run various regimes across the Continent.

The
fortunes of political parties ebbs and flows with the times. The party
in power gets blamed for the disaster at hand, the opposition is
elected, then they're blamed for the next downturn.

Heh. You mean the system that had to permit private practice after
banning it? The one that could not keep up with demand nor cover what
needed to be covered and so threw in the towel and went for a mixed
system? Are you really that clueless?

***The ones that every conservative party in Europe supports and remains
publicly owned and heavily regulated, as it should. Conservative hero
Winston Churchill created the NHS. Are you really that ignorant in the
specifics of history and European politics? Yes. Yes, you are.

***You hide behind a wall of phony bullshit, Mr. Adams. A classic
Internet Libertoidian imagining himself wealthier, more important than
is probably the case. I bet you sport a pony tail.

Nope. Short military cut. You are wrong.

***Liar. That old photo in Yahoo Groups looked like Ringo Starr. The tie
dye shirt was icing on the cake. Brilliant.

I doubt you ever served in the military.

Medically ineligible.

***Drugs will do that.

I know you types.

No, you don't. You couldn't be more wrong.

***The nutty yet angry responses of yours prove otherwise.

Likely a passive aggressive hot head, to boot.

I'm calm, rational, logical and well-educated.

***Anything but, hippie. Internet crank, all round.

---agg---<aggreen at (no spam) echoes.net> writes:
***You hide behind a wall of phony bullshit, Mr. Adams. A classic
Internet Libertoidian imagining himself wealthier, more important than
is probably the case. I bet you sport a pony tail.

Nope. Short military cut. You are wrong.

***Liar. That old photo in Yahoo Groups looked like Ringo Starr. The tie
dye shirt was icing on the cake. Brilliant.

No such photo of me exists, moron. I NEVER wore a tie-dye shirt. You
lie. Like with everything else.

I doubt you ever served in the military.

Medically ineligible.

***Drugs will do that.

Vision. No depth perception.