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Come on now:The Juggler said:
Oh that sucks. So your country does not produce any automobiles any more?Spiritual_Chaos said:
Because of General Motors. Turning everything into Flint, Michigan is their business model.The Juggler said:
Didn't SAAB go out of business like 10 years ago?Spiritual_Chaos said:
You know SAAB is a great car. So your post might come off as a little cute. But not much more than that.cincybearcat said:
I thought you said they had a car? 1 SAAB? Now that’s embarrassingSpiritual_Chaos said:
My brother who is a teacher, and his gf is a nurse, can afford house, car (SAAB), kids, vacation etc.mcgruff10 said:yeah f that:"Scandinavian income taxes raise a lot of revenue because they are actually rather flat. In other words, they tax most people at these high rates, not just high-income taxpayers. The top marginal tax rate of 60 percent in Denmark applies to all income over 1.2 times the average income in Denmark. From the American perspective, this means that all income over $60,000 (1.2 times the average income of about $50,000 in the United States) would be taxed at 60 percent.
Sweden and Norway have similarly flat income tax systems. Sweden’s top marginal tax rate of 56.9 percent applies to all income over 1.5 times the average income in Sweden. Norway’s top marginal tax rate of 39 percent applies to all income over 1.6 times the average Norwegian income.
Compare this to The United States. The top marginal tax rate of 46.8 percent (state average and federal combined rates) kicks in at 8.5 times the average U.S. income (around $400,000). Comparatively, few taxpayers in the United States face the top marginal rate."
Spiritual do you make minimum wage? Is that why this isn't a big deal to you?
My wife and I, two teachers, would be taxed at 56.9% if we were like Sweden! No way could we afford our house, cars, kids, vacation, etc. Shit I'd be drinking bud light and driving by kid to day care on the back of my scooter. lol
Get out of your hole, spit out the koolaid and start thinking a tad. I know you need mrussels respect. But come on now.
And by the way, Pink Floyd also went out of business. Still great.
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you don't say....Jason P said:There are a lot of retired mechanics enjoying retirement on nice fishing vessels due to SAAB’s existence. I think only Jaguar could match their reputation for manufacturing nice European shit boxes known for breaking down in the 20th century
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HaJason P said:There are a lot of retired mechanics enjoying retirement on nice fishing vessels due to SAAB’s existence. I think only Jaguar could match their reputation for manufacturing nice European shit boxes known for breaking down in the 20th century
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This does not match what I've heard from mechanics.Jason P said:There are a lot of retired mechanics enjoying retirement on nice fishing vessels due to SAAB’s existence. I think only Jaguar could match their reputation for manufacturing nice European shit boxes known for breaking down in the 20th century
So what models are you referring too, and what problems?
15 cars that refuse to die
"We do see a lot of them through the shop," says Chris Campbell, a technician at Swedish Solution, in Westbrook, Maine. "Their owners are pretty fanatical about their cars. We have one who drives her 1983 900 Turbo across the country twice each year, and the last time we did service on her car, a routine brake job, her car had over 435,000 miles and was still running like a top." The Wisconsin Automotive Museum near Milwaukee features a 1989 Saab 900 SPG that was driven more than a million miles before being donated.
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/cars/T009-S001-cars-that-refuse-to-die/index.html
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Go start a American v Swedish thread so this does not get closed.Give Peas A Chance…0
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U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders coming to Windsor
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/bernie-sanders-bringing-u-s-presidential-campaign-to-windsor?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2G6eIJ3MEAqvjkru7KegMiKn8zhwIeldNdszHSXF-oQLZ9iGdyGsukXes#Echobox=1562937094
No doubt drug prices are cheaper in the North...
He'll be 30 minutes from me, cool...I can sit on my deck and smoke a fatty and still her the blowhard out here...lol.Give Peas A Chance…0 -
I just hope when Sanders visits it is not a typical southern Ontario warm day, some call it hot, I call it a beautiful summer we are getting.Give Peas A Chance…0
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speaking merely from the standpoint of looking at that graphic, you'd have to be insane to choose the US.mrussel1 said:
That truly is a guess.HughFreakingDillon said:
if you didn't live in either country and were asked this question, I'm guessing your answer would be different.The Juggler said:
The answer to this question is the United States.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Not having a legal right to maternity leave is fucking sick. Absolutely disgusting.Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer0 -
second rate country? what the fuck?mrussel1 said:
Yep I'll do that gladly with my 24% effective rate. Thanks. And you can sleep well in your second rate country as well. I aim high, you aim... let's call it mediocre at best.Spiritual_Chaos said:
No. Its pretty obvious.mrussel1 said:Bernie forgot to mention tax rates in his tweet. That's seems like an unusual oversight on his part.
Abd with our tax rates that you fear so much and losing big compared to by any quality of life metric - we pay half of your cost in health care. And were pretty expensive compared to other European countries.
so just go to bed with your me-me-me outllok on society.Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer0 -
you can't seriously believe this. like, seriously. that's asinine mcgruff. people in canada and the US are among the laziest and fattest in the world.mcgruff10 said:
I can't imagine if there was some sort of exchange program and Swedish people worked in the United States, that would be some funny stuff. Yeah you have to work here dude to make ends meet.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Swedish law of vacationmcgruff10 said:
Two more days, wow lol. So 28 days is more than none?Spiritual_Chaos said:
I have 6 weeks.mcgruff10 said:I get 28 days of paid vacation time next year, is that more than none?
The Swedish semester law gives all employees the right to five weeks semester per semester year. Of these you have the right to work for four weeks of coherent holidays in June - August.
What does the law for workers right in the US say?
Oh wait:
There is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid vacation in the USA.
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As my buddy from Panama explained to me, you can't be lazy in the US. You either work or you don't make it.
vacation should be determined by your job, there should be no national law.Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer0 -
Equating lazy and fat is not accurate.HughFreakingDillon said:
you can't seriously believe this. like, seriously. that's asinine mcgruff. people in canada and the US are among the laziest and fattest in the world.mcgruff10 said:
I can't imagine if there was some sort of exchange program and Swedish people worked in the United States, that would be some funny stuff. Yeah you have to work here dude to make ends meet.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Swedish law of vacationmcgruff10 said:
Two more days, wow lol. So 28 days is more than none?Spiritual_Chaos said:
I have 6 weeks.mcgruff10 said:I get 28 days of paid vacation time next year, is that more than none?
The Swedish semester law gives all employees the right to five weeks semester per semester year. Of these you have the right to work for four weeks of coherent holidays in June - August.
What does the law for workers right in the US say?
Oh wait:
There is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid vacation in the USA.
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As my buddy from Panama explained to me, you can't be lazy in the US. You either work or you don't make it.
vacation should be determined by your job, there should be no national law.hippiemom = goodness0 -
HughFreakingDillon said:
second rate country? what the fuck?mrussel1 said:
Yep I'll do that gladly with my 24% effective rate. Thanks. And you can sleep well in your second rate country as well. I aim high, you aim... let's call it mediocre at best.Spiritual_Chaos said:
No. Its pretty obvious.mrussel1 said:Bernie forgot to mention tax rates in his tweet. That's seems like an unusual oversight on his part.
Abd with our tax rates that you fear so much and losing big compared to by any quality of life metric - we pay half of your cost in health care. And were pretty expensive compared to other European countries.
so just go to bed with your me-me-me outllok on society.you've been away. dynamic has shifted herelay back a bit and you will see why..._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
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well you don't see a whole lot of middle aged skinny people driving around amusement parks in golf carts, now, do you?cincybearcat said:
Equating lazy and fat is not accurate.HughFreakingDillon said:
you can't seriously believe this. like, seriously. that's asinine mcgruff. people in canada and the US are among the laziest and fattest in the world.mcgruff10 said:
I can't imagine if there was some sort of exchange program and Swedish people worked in the United States, that would be some funny stuff. Yeah you have to work here dude to make ends meet.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Swedish law of vacationmcgruff10 said:
Two more days, wow lol. So 28 days is more than none?Spiritual_Chaos said:
I have 6 weeks.mcgruff10 said:I get 28 days of paid vacation time next year, is that more than none?
The Swedish semester law gives all employees the right to five weeks semester per semester year. Of these you have the right to work for four weeks of coherent holidays in June - August.
What does the law for workers right in the US say?
Oh wait:
There is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid vacation in the USA.
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As my buddy from Panama explained to me, you can't be lazy in the US. You either work or you don't make it.
vacation should be determined by your job, there should be no national law.Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer0 -
Americans and Canadians are not the laziest people in the world. What nonsense...Give Peas A Chance…0
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You'd have to be insane to make a decision like this based on stupid graph.HughFreakingDillon said:
speaking merely from the standpoint of looking at that graphic, you'd have to be insane to choose the US.mrussel1 said:
That truly is a guess.HughFreakingDillon said:
if you didn't live in either country and were asked this question, I'm guessing your answer would be different.The Juggler said:
The answer to this question is the United States.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Not having a legal right to maternity leave is fucking sick. Absolutely disgusting.www.myspace.com0 -
Just saying, there are lazy fat people and plenty of lazy skinny people. If fact, sometime being fat is driven by being an extremely hard worker that just doesn't prioritize their personal health as much as they should.HughFreakingDillon said:
well you don't see a whole lot of middle aged skinny people driving around amusement parks in golf carts, now, do you?cincybearcat said:
Equating lazy and fat is not accurate.HughFreakingDillon said:
you can't seriously believe this. like, seriously. that's asinine mcgruff. people in canada and the US are among the laziest and fattest in the world.mcgruff10 said:
I can't imagine if there was some sort of exchange program and Swedish people worked in the United States, that would be some funny stuff. Yeah you have to work here dude to make ends meet.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Swedish law of vacationmcgruff10 said:
Two more days, wow lol. So 28 days is more than none?Spiritual_Chaos said:
I have 6 weeks.mcgruff10 said:I get 28 days of paid vacation time next year, is that more than none?
The Swedish semester law gives all employees the right to five weeks semester per semester year. Of these you have the right to work for four weeks of coherent holidays in June - August.
What does the law for workers right in the US say?
Oh wait:
There is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid vacation in the USA.
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As my buddy from Panama explained to me, you can't be lazy in the US. You either work or you don't make it.
vacation should be determined by your job, there should be no national law.
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This is precisely accurate. The implication is that this stuff is free. TNSTAAFL.The Juggler said:
You'd have to be insane to make a decision like this based on stupid graph.HughFreakingDillon said:
speaking merely from the standpoint of looking at that graphic, you'd have to be insane to choose the US.mrussel1 said:
That truly is a guess.HughFreakingDillon said:
if you didn't live in either country and were asked this question, I'm guessing your answer would be different.The Juggler said:
The answer to this question is the United States.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Not having a legal right to maternity leave is fucking sick. Absolutely disgusting.0 -
You are debating something rather pointless, but yes you are all correct - the uncontrolled fat-levels in the US does shriek of "second rate" country.
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"0 -
This is the most insane thing I have ever read on this board. After how much workers have had to fight to have any rights - that is to be blunt, disgusting. Where the fuck would someone pick up an opinion like that from...mcgruff10 said:
I can't imagine if there was some sort of exchange program and Swedish people worked in the United States, that would be some funny stuff. Yeah you have to work here dude to make ends meet.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Swedish law of vacationmcgruff10 said:
Two more days, wow lol. So 28 days is more than none?Spiritual_Chaos said:
I have 6 weeks.mcgruff10 said:I get 28 days of paid vacation time next year, is that more than none?
The Swedish semester law gives all employees the right to five weeks semester per semester year. Of these you have the right to work for four weeks of coherent holidays in June - August.
What does the law for workers right in the US say?
Oh wait:
There is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid vacation in the USA.
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As my buddy from Panama explained to me, you can't be lazy in the US. You either work or you don't make it.
vacation should be determined by your job, there should be no national law.
... oh, wait I'm pretty sure where from. The country flunking in about every metric regarding "decency".
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That’s very true. Some of the hardest working people I’ve ever known were overweight. Not because they didn’t bust their asses, but because they maybe overindulged in the fruits of their labor. Some were smokers, I know one that would eat a big bowl of ice cream every day after working 14 hours on the farm. True, there are some of these pudgy fat dudes around that just sit around eating Doritos and playing Fortnight all day, but you can usually tell the difference because those lazy asses can barely walk up a flight of stairs, much less climb in and out of tractors or run a sewer line. Often the hardest working people do not have time for a gym membership or to cook up a healthy meal, they just grab something and go back to work.cincybearcat said:
Just saying, there are lazy fat people and plenty of lazy skinny people. If fact, sometime being fat is driven by being an extremely hard worker that just doesn't prioritize their personal health as much as they should.HughFreakingDillon said:
well you don't see a whole lot of middle aged skinny people driving around amusement parks in golf carts, now, do you?cincybearcat said:
Equating lazy and fat is not accurate.HughFreakingDillon said:
you can't seriously believe this. like, seriously. that's asinine mcgruff. people in canada and the US are among the laziest and fattest in the world.mcgruff10 said:
I can't imagine if there was some sort of exchange program and Swedish people worked in the United States, that would be some funny stuff. Yeah you have to work here dude to make ends meet.Spiritual_Chaos said:
Swedish law of vacationmcgruff10 said:
Two more days, wow lol. So 28 days is more than none?Spiritual_Chaos said:
I have 6 weeks.mcgruff10 said:I get 28 days of paid vacation time next year, is that more than none?
The Swedish semester law gives all employees the right to five weeks semester per semester year. Of these you have the right to work for four weeks of coherent holidays in June - August.
What does the law for workers right in the US say?
Oh wait:
There is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid vacation in the USA.
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As my buddy from Panama explained to me, you can't be lazy in the US. You either work or you don't make it.
vacation should be determined by your job, there should be no national law.
Most lazy asses I know are actually really skinny and have no meat on their bones. Some people with crazy high cholesterol are skinny little shits that probably “work” less than 30 hours a week.
It really is a bad generalization to make.
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