tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148260.post111631032277098940..comments2023-09-06T08:56:14.610-04:00Comments on Eidelblog: The irresistible force and the immovable objectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148260.post-1116387509762896412005-05-17T23:38:00.000-04:002005-05-17T23:38:00.000-04:00It's a similar situation in Sweden. A few years ag...It's a similar situation in Sweden. A few years ago, I remarked to a friend's sister that I'd heard 90% of Sweden is at least partially supported by the other 10%. She and her husband were starting a family, working hard, and she mused that perhaps they ought to move to Sweden. "But," she asked, "what about when the other 10% give up and join the 90%?"<BR/><BR/>It must take an incredible amount of social engineering to keep a people complacent. Such indoctrination requires a virtually dominant public school system, one that teaches young people to be good citizens and accept their high taxes.<BR/><BR/>My best friend today disagreed with this entry. But I wasn't criticizing the French for wanting their holiday. I was simply wondering which would give first, their love of not working, or their love of a welfare state. And sure, nobody wants to work a full day just to pay it all in taxes -- but any nation that taxes a percentage of income effectively does that already. I tried explaining to my friend that if she pays 20% of her income in taxes, she works every fifth day strictly for the government.<BR/><BR/>Walter Williams once suggested that federal spending be limited to 10% of GDP. "My answer [to those asking why that number] is that if 10 percent is good enough for the Baptist Church, it ought to be good enough for the U.S. Congress." Boom!Perry Eidelbushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707615907666584863noreply@blogger.com