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Register and start THREE threads telling the C-D world you are leaving with no mention of where you are going, one thread even tells of tickets ...
Somalia is a great place with NO government controls.
Many Countries will NOT allow you to immigrate unless you have a skill they need.
The only place you're going to get away from the problems you're complaining about is a small island like in LOST, but it had its own set of unique problems.
A few in this thread mentioned "free" medical care in other counties, PLEASE tell us where this is.
Register and start THREE threads telling the C-D world you are leaving with no mention of where you are going, one thread even tells of tickets ...
Somalia is a great place with NO government controls.
Many Countries will NOT allow you to immigrate unless you have a skill they need.
The only place you're going to get away from the problems you're complaining about is a small island like in LOST, but it had its own set of unique problems.
A few in this thread mentioned "free" medical care in other counties, PLEASE tell us where this is.
Free to minimal cost I hear. It seems like it's only the US where the healthcare is astronomical.
In countries with universal/socialized health care, they obviously pay through taxes, but the costs are still much less than in the United States.
How much is good health care worth to you? $8,233 per year? That's how much the U.S. spends per person.
Worth it?
That figure is more than two-and-a-half times more than most developed nations in the world, including relatively rich European countries like France, Sweden and the United Kingdom. On a more global scale, it means U.S. health care costs now eat up 17.6 percent of GDP
Health care is free in England. But of course, it is paid for with taxes. But, healthcare is not a subject much on people's mind because it is well, just there. You see the doctor, he treats you, or sends you to the hospital to see a specialist. If you need an operation, you get one. I have had three operations in my lifetime. No medical bills.
That doesn't make England the land of milk and honey, believe me it's not. But not worrying about health care, and it's costs like most Americans seem to do, is a great thing. People in England don't realise how lucky we are to have the NHS. It is taken for granted.
I visit America, and talk with ordinary Americans. For some, everything in the garden is rosy. Others, not so much. We are following similar paths, you and us. Our jobs have been outsourced to China and other places. Many young, and older unemployed. There is an underlying feeling of anger and resentment. A feeling of powerlessness. The rich and powerful are in control. They don't care what happens to us. You'll get the usual suspects on threads like this. "Good riddance" they'll say.
We are storing up massive problems for the future. Things are getting worse, no sign of real improvement. The only way that will happen is more jobs for ordinary people. Well, don't hold your breath. Europe is in a mess. Greece is a basket case. People being robbed of their savings in Cyprus. Do the powers that be think the young will put up with this forever? I'm retired, no axe to grind. I'm OK, own my home, good pension, nice car outside. But times were different when I was out there striving. Working hard got you somewhere. Now the kids can't even get a job in McDonalds.
American's know this as much as I do. Same problems in your country. I don't come on here with answers, if I had any I guess I'd be a very smart man. But I do know, our so called political leaders are not in charge at all. Others are pulling the strings.
CCW= Concealed carry. The Subjects (Vs citizens) in Europe (Excepting a few places like Switzerland, which have VERY strict immigration laws) are not free enough to own the means for their own defense.
A buddy of mine once said: a Free/real man has a Car, land, a gun, and money. I like it.
As to standard of living: It's much more than that latte. It's the ability to GO TO the mall...
(Although I'd rather not... I hate those things)
I can get in my car, and without 'getting my papers checked' i can go from the ocean to the mountains, stay where I want (That I can afford) do what I want (Not AS free as I'd like, but hard to beat elsewhere.)
I can vote and pretend it means something, I can work at what I please (That someone will hire me for)
etc
Despite what has been said of Scandinavian countries... from accounts of one of my Marine Buddies (Who married a Swedish chick) and her... they are VERY socialist... I'm mad enough about the 24ish% income tax I have to pay, let alone the 60ish% they pay!
I find it astonishing to say the least,that a person wouldn`t want to live in a country where he couldn`t play cowboys.
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