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Topic History of: Greece will take "measures to avoid tax evasion"
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SP17 hedda wrote:

I was surprised when first going to the USA in '74 and finding my friend was on welfare because of illness, that welfare in the USA is often far more generous than the UK or Europe



But Hedda - over 40 years later - no sane person would go to the USA without health insurance.....


Feel free though...


hedda SP17 wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
Ah yes Hedda; my kind of government would take the best of communism, the best of socialism and the best of capitalism and plop a benign autocrat on top of it, who must be over 70, with no personal ambition and a limited term of office - 5 years. After which he or she would be replaced by another benign autocrat. MPs would still be elected for local issues only.


Absolute codswallop

Simplistic, child-like and base

Meaningless and worthless typing, too



For those of us who live in the real world



.....


but most of Europe, the Middle East , USA ,NZ and Australia are pretty well a mix of what JK says..to lesser & more degrees.

I was surprised when first going to the USA in '74 and finding my friend was on welfare because of illness, that welfare in the USA is often far more generous than the UK or Europe.

Something they play down of course.I think to tempt ITK there.
SP17 JK2006 wrote:
Ah yes Hedda; my kind of government would take the best of communism, the best of socialism and the best of capitalism and plop a benign autocrat on top of it, who must be over 70, with no personal ambition and a limited term of office - 5 years. After which he or she would be replaced by another benign autocrat. MPs would still be elected for local issues only.


Absolute codswallop

Simplistic, child-like and base

Meaningless and worthless typing, too



For those of us who live in the real world



.....
hedda JK2006 wrote:
Ah yes Hedda; my kind of government would take the best of communism, the best of socialism and the best of capitalism and plop a benign autocrat on top of it, who must be over 70, with no personal ambition and a limited term of office - 5 years. After which he or she would be replaced by another benign autocrat. MPs would still be elected for local issues only.

thank you. And I would indeed be the ultimate Benign Dictator.
# I'd even be kind to ITK. Somewhat
JK2006 Ah yes Hedda; my kind of government would take the best of communism, the best of socialism and the best of capitalism and plop a benign autocrat on top of it, who must be over 70, with no personal ambition and a limited term of office - 5 years. After which he or she would be replaced by another benign autocrat. MPs would still be elected for local issues only.