Posted on 12/23/2004 12:29:35 PM PST by tomjohn77
Well I am just posting this because I want to state my opinion on politics from a European point of view, not from Germany, France, UK. I have been going to business school in the US. This have taught me a lot about whats good and whats bad about both my country and the US. You know you always learn something new when you travel. You will find that some of your solutions to solving problems in tour country is suprior and some are inferior. So this is the way I want a country to be runned. I want a lot of people to discuss objectively. I am for lower taxes especially when it comes to small businesses. I am for christianity to be the cornerstone in a society, but I am for peoples right to choose what the want to do and not be tied up. Non christians must not be so judgmental. If people want to take an abortion thats their personal chose. Its not yours or the government. The same goes with gays and lesbians. I want to say I will not like seing them kiss. But what they do inside their homes is not your matters. Thats every individuals chose. Government and people should not care that much about what others do as long as it doesnt hurt them. Government should not be used and misused. I am for strict immigration rules where people should be thrown out asap if they commit crime and cant find a job in a short time. Social welfare should be kept to a minimum. People that dont want to work should live in small apartment buildings an get as little as possible. Drug addicts should be taken of the street and put into big something like a self helping farm community with fences around and be given daily dozes if the dont quit. That will get crime of the street. Let them screw up its their chose. I want a flat taxes that starts at around 15000 dollars. That will cut jobs in not profitable government. I want a higher minumum wage because I think everyboby that contributes to society with a work week of 40 weeks should be able to live of that. With out them doing that job society would not run. Everybody that contributes to society should be proud whatever they do. I my country minimum wage is around 16 dollars. A pluss with a high minimum wage is that the whole country population gets a good buying power. At the same time there should be plentyful chances to make it big. High minimum wage also forces companys to be at the edge of technology to be competitive. A country with low poverty rates are safer. A safer society is less expensive to run. Less money to police and more money to the middle class. Its all about finding the balance that maximizes your countrys resources. The question is whats the optimal unemployment rate, poverty rate. When does poverty cause more and less drag on society. Striking the balance is hard. whats the optimal tax per cent compare to wage. Should people tax that earn less than 15000. Could this tax cut be more beneficial to society than tax cut to the rich. Maybe not? Could tax cuts for the poor make society more safe and by doing that making it possible to cut spending to police and other wasteful posts in the governments budget. Well I am up for comments.
Welcome to FR. Paragraphs are our friends!
Ha! #2.
Stupid of me!
I jumped over to another thread and would have been #2 if Olive the Other Mod hadn't been so quick with the trigger. Thread was pulled.
Thanks for sharing, but what works in Europe isn't necessarily what works here.
well too late now. First post here so be gentle. It got a little bit to long.
oooh...I feel all static...and wonder if that's purring I hear in the distance...
Just want to say that my country is not a member of the EU. Its all about maximizing the resources
It's kittens or my tummy wanting lunch.
-I don't like the sound of them there "bomcentration Bamps"..
Just think how much more buying power we'd have if the minimum wage was 160 dollars!
The economy would go through the roof!
Better yet, lets make it 1600 dollars an hour just to be sure we get all the benefits!
But we can be against high taxes too, after all the minimum wage isn't a tax. It's a... it's a... well it's just the government taking our money and giving it to someone else.
Does your country have spelling?
What's your unemployment rate? I thought so....
A pluss with a high minimum wage is that the whole country population gets a good buying power.
With artificially inflated prices!
Please tell me you're not studying business or economics.
well I like switching taughts. I am open to a conversation. That would be great. As said dont be defensive we are not in the European Union. So its not Europeean Union vs USA. Just want to state that. hopefully that would be taking into consideration. And you get to speak to a foreigner. Fun?
We're not being defensive, trust me. We simply disagree with the economic suggestions you put forward. We don't like government intervention in our marketplace.
You sounds like a mostly reasonable guy, although I believe some of your positions could use refinement.
Don't let the people calling for the kitties (Viking Kitties / ZOT) scare you. Tell them that spodefly said it was OK for you to post here.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.