In Larry writes:

(Lauri Tarkkonen) wrote in news:ebnr1r$lnk$1
:

I'd bet Jimmy Dean or Gene Reed's law firms could bankrupt most any
county....

Why should they do that?



The point was that the POSSIBLITY of any action against someone BIG would
be the action might FAR exceed and revenues gained from the
action....making the action "less attractive" to the bureaucrats involved
than going after small people without the huge law firms.

What do income, real estate, sales, VAT and boat taxes look like in
Finland?....

I guess we pay higher taxes than what you do in the U.S., but we know
that there is nothing called free lunch. We have one of the better
educational systems and our medical care is on a high level we spend a
reasonable amount in army and because the expenditure is sanctioned by
the parliament choosen by the people.

We do not have a special boat tax, but boats are property like any other
property and there is a property tax, but that is not very high. Most
people do not even know what it is, as it is so neglible.

How much does gasoline cost? What part of that is taxes?

Gasoline costs at the moment some 1.3 Euros per litre and there is tax
some 54% of that.

Just interested as our fuel triples in price in just a few years....

The more mess you are making in the middle east, the more the oil price
will go up. But anyway, every fellow making tricks to avoid taxes due to
him makes the rest of us pay even his share.

- Lauri Tarkkonen