12-07-2008, 03:52 AM
Wags wrote:
[quote=Dakota]
Next time you are in Paris and pay $5 for a can of Coke remember VAT and their wacky tax system. There is a segment of people who for some reason are constantly fantasizing about making America look more like Europe. Form cars, to houses, to price of gas and now this.
Yes, heaven forbid! Next thing you know they'll make us have universal health care and access to higher education. Those dreadful Euros and their wacky tax. Cheeze whiz was good enough for my pop and its good enough for me. Of course, we should subsidize the necessities, like Coke, because, my God, $5 for a can! One can, and not even supersized? The horror! I suppose we'll have to start measuring them in liters, too. Humiliating. Next thing, we'll have to spell it litre. Like, that's so totally unAmerican. (but maybe not Pepsi because they're a little socialisty).
How about a little originality? How about coming up with a tax system for them to follow? This country did not become great( I am sure it makes you very uncomfortable) by copying what others did. Anyone can sell Coke for $5 and use the money(assuming people are stupid enough to continue consuming $5 Coke). Lead, innovate, think. Come up with something to make the world go wow, why didn't we think of that?