[kj] How I Love ...

[folk devil]

Maybe they should raise their taxes like Sweden? The happiest people on the planet, supposedly..with one of the highest tax rates.
 



From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:13:20 +1300
Subject: Re: [kj] How I Love ...








So, a question for the list.  Where do you think has had the best balance of equality and freedom in the last 100 years or so?
 

>From what I understand, Scandi countries…? 

 
New Zealand used to top some of the OECD charts on health and standard of living, now we top the charts on child abuse, binge drinking, cannabis convictions, and suicide. Er. It’s still a fantastic place to live in general, but there’s some underlying problems related to poverty…it’s like a lot of things, you have a picture of a place but the reality is a bit different than the tourism ads. 
 
On a lighter note, it reminds me of how Trailer Park Boys opened my eyes to Canada, for some stupid reason I thought of the place as all Grizzly Adams and Ice Hockey and lovely people with maple leaves on their backpacks, not this. And this. 
  		 	   		  
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