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I hope my next load of fuel comes from Norway
"HK" wrote in message ... CalifBill wrote: "Chuck Gould" wrote in message ... On Nov 21, 10:38?am, "BillP" wrote: "Chuck Gould" wrote in message ... Even those of us who usually burn B20 are still using 80% dino-diesel. Most of the crude oil the refiners use to create gasoline and diesel comes from places that are explicitly unfriendly to the US, (and according to the following article the Bush Administration is concerned that some of those sources are bankrolling huge amounts of capital for an eventual destabilizing financial assualt on the US economy. It's not too late for Russia or China to win the final battle in the Cold War). However, also acording to the following article there is a source for crude oil that takes a very enlightened approach to using its oil wealth. The citizens of this country earn a per capita income (not "family income", but per capita) of $65,509 per year, spend a maximum of $200 per yar for health care, are in better physical shape and enjoy a longer life expectancy than most Americans. I hope that the next time I buy fuel, the crude oil comes from Norway. (Probably won't, though). In real purchasing power per capita (PPP) Norway is $42,364 as compared to the US at $41,399 (2005) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_capita_income- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Very good research! So my supposition that the generally higher taxes collected from generally higher incomes in Norway still leave a decent amount of net spendable income in place appears to be well founded. Meanwhile, the Norwegians enjoy $200 per year health care expenses, public retirement villages in warm weather climates, and other social advantages we choose not to fund. To repeat: I'm happy to live in the US, but I'd rather send my fuel money to Norway than to the Arabs, the Chinese, or the Russians. But, they only have about 4.4 million people (low population density), not a lot of illegal immigrants, and lots of natural resources. About what we had 50 years ago. My Norwegian friends, all of whom are working men with reasonable but not tremendous incomes, and their families live very well. If it weren't for the climate and the language barrier (Norwegian is a difficult language to learn, let alone pronounce), it would be on the list of my "bug out" countries. What does that have to do about my statement? |
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