BAR wrote:
Calif Bill wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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"BAR" wrote in message
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You claim to follow economics so please tell us a country where
central planning and tight government control has brought the kind
of prosperity that the USA has seen to this point. All I am
looking for is the name of the country that is socialist or
communist that has a higher standard of living than the USA.

Maybe you feel you have a high standard of living..what with your
two BMWs and excessive income ( as you boast about).
What about all the American families that have to get by on less
than $70K per year....or even $50K?
I'm sure they don't feel their standard of living is all that great.

I don't have two BMWs. I have a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan, 2001 Ford
F-150, and a 2009 Jeep Patriot. 15% of my income goes into a 401k before
it ever hits my bank account, I don't have a retirement plan I have to
fund my own. I put another large chunk of my after tax money into 529's
for my daughters college educations. What's left over is what I have to
live on. You try living with a wife who gives all of your money to
charity and daughters who give what's left over of your money to various
clothing vendors at the local mall.

When I have talked about the money I earn I do so to let the Harry
Krause know that even though he has his alleged "Ivy League" education
that little old me with just a high school diploma can succeed in life
with hard work and determination.


I'm dutifully unimpressed with you and your money.