>>>>>>AT least in GB there's no law against "jay-walking" :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>Sure, we are "based" on a lot of different thought. But, we have more freedom in our country than others. In Tennessee, there's no law against owning guns.
>>>>
>>>>AH! freedom to get blown away by your neighbour over a boundary dispute, freedom for a traffic cop to get shot when the perp winds down his window! Why didn't you say so!?
>>>>
>>>>What are the other freedoms that we Europeans don't enjoy?
>>>
>>>I think we have less taxes than you, at least according to George Harrison.
>>
>>Ours is like 20-22% on the first £4,500 - £32,000
>>and 40% on everything over that.
>>
>>or something like that. On top, we pay national health insurance.
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>What part of Russia are you in again? <s>
>
>40%! egad man, you are a slave!
>
>Here's the gist of it from George Harrison hisownself:
>
>Let me tell you how it will be
>There's one for you, nineteen for me
>'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
>
>Should five per cent appear too small
>Be thankful I don't take it all
>'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
>
>If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
>If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
>If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
>If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
>
>Don't ask me what I want it for
>If you don't want to pay some more
>'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
>
>Now my advice for those who die
>Declare the pennies on your eyes
>'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
>And you're working for no one but me.


We are in fact the LEAST taxed of the industrialized nations. (George Harrison, I hardly need to point out, was English, not American). And yet that isn't good enough for some. They want to keep every last sweating nickel in their fists. The less fortunate? -- let 'em go hang!