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Re: Talking some more...and more...

Posted By: Ilex (6fe9.yhteys.mtv3.fi)
Date: 6/15/2003 at 7:39 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Talking some more...and more... *PIC* (Archer »–)›)

: Besides, we could strip away half of our
: vast wealth of civil liberties and still be more free
: than the average European (it's just the little
: things, but we're only talking about the little things
: anyway)

I admit that I don't know much about civil liberties you have there in U.S. and what do you mean by "average European" but you over-exaggerating. Here you can't buy a gun just like that, so what. Here schoolchildren don't shoot their teachers or other children.

: Clearly, America is very different. Indeed, we invented
: most of the Socialistic reforms that the Europeans
: claim to cherish so very much. We have healthcare, and
: medical insurrance (not regulated by the government,
: but encouraged strongly), social security, and
: everything else, from roads to ramparts, that our
: taxes pay for. That's why we have taxes.

Perhaps I defend Europe without knowing the facts. I don't know what's it like in Germany or France but I do know you are generalizing. Europe isn't one country. Conditions vary from place to place. I live in Finland (northern Europe, next to Sweden) and we have all those things and more. Our healthcare is amongst the best ones in the world
(if not even the best). People without work get allowances to get by the worst, and poor students are supported by the goverment so they don't need ~rich parents in order to study in universities.

Ilex

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