Wii still sold out

[Stromprophet]

ookaze said: Excuse-me for being off-topic, I just can't let all the BS Stromprophet has spewed. Yes, Stromprophet, what you say is pure BS. Unfortunately for you, I happen to live in France. So i must conclude everything you say is a lie, or a clueless rant. FYI, there are no 50 % taxes. Are you stupid or what ? The only people that pay 50 % taxes maximum on what their EARN, are people that have 750k+ € of properties, and again, not all of them do pay so much, the reacher are. Basically, even paying these taxes, the richer guys would go on being richer. There are free health insurance, and yet, doctors will treat you even if you don't have one. They don't even ask for one before doing surgery. And the doctors are not paid by the government, and are very well paid. Perhaps some are partly paid by the government, though it's rather the health insurance that pays. The american debt is already too much, and is worrying countless analysts. Now, I don't know USA economy well enough, so I'll stop there. The € is really strong since months, meaning I could buy a PS3 in the USA or Japan for less. If they were reliable, which I doubt. And yes, the Wii's sold out here too, some december preorders were still not fullfilled.

Come again. If there was a cogent sentence in there I might be inclined to respond. Almost every European country has a bas tax rate close to 50% of your income, that is simply a fact. It's the same way in Canada. On Canadas side another thing working on your money is the cost of living in almost any big city is outrageous and most commodities cost more. No people making way less also pay really high taxes. Only the rich pay the highest taxes in the US. "And the doctors are not paid by the government, and are very well paid. Perhaps some are partly paid by the government, though it's rather the health insurance that pays." The doctors are paid by the government because the insurance that pays the hospitals, doctors offices, etc. is all paid for by YOUR taxes. Your taxes pay for what is called "National Health Insurance" and then that insurance fund, which is run by the government pays the hospitals and medical facilities who then pay the doctors their wages. And yes, people can and do die waiting on all kinds of simple procedures. Common things like transplants, or bypasses take months to schedule where you could get such a life saving surgery in the US in a matter of days. As I said before. American debt is only 2% of GDP, almost every single European country runs at 3-4% debt to their total GDP. It's not that much considering how much GDP the US has on the world scene, it's perfectly in line with long term historical trends. And just incase you're interested. Which I know you won't read this links. http://members.forbes.com/global/2006/0522/032.html That is from Forbes, very reputable source. The 15 original European Union countries impose the largest tax enforcement on entrepreneurs (companies) and wage earners (workers) in the world. China is the only non-European country up there. I was surprised about Canada, I could've sworn theres was much higher. The sales tax is still outrageous though, and twice the US. Which is where the common consumer will feel hurt, income taxes and sales taxes. http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/sab/health/single_prayer/sphc-gif.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicly_funded_health_care http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2005/Health_Care_Waitlists.pdf I found article after article on all kinds of diseass like Cystic Fibrosis, Liver Disease, etc, etc, surgery, where Europeans had to wait long periods of time for treatment. Yes, you do have to go into a que to receive treatment for many things. Sure, it's not like everyone is dying, but the fact is that many cannot improve their wait time by any means. If you want to read up on it go ahead. Those articles also point out Americans commonly have more access per capita to better technology and more research money is invested in America per capita than both in Canada and Europe on new technology. The first article points out in some places in Canada wait times could be as long as 15 weeks or more for things I could have access to here in America within days of going to the hospital. There are varied debates on the funding and how to go about funding healthcare, but the fact remains it's about 8% of European GDP to fund such healthcare, which more than the percentage we have of national debt to our GDP.