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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    Prices were amazingly cheap.
    • Rented a BMW 520 Wagon for the week for $100 (bundled with the flight). Insurance was expensive though at $30/ day, and that was with 1200 Euro deductible.
    • Three bedroom, 2 bath condo with full kitchen (including a full size dishwasher) was $1000 through AirBnB. Split between two couples cost me $500.
    • Food/ beer/ wine/ booze was cheap everywhere, especially at the Lidl supermarket. Almost everything was about 1/2 of what the same store sells here.


    Only exception was gasoline, which was about $5/ gallon.

    Now, my wife wants to live there for three or six months when we are retired. I told her that I would have to get European delivery of a new Porsche so we'll have something to drive, then have it shipped home. We're currently negotiating this deal, suggesting that I buy a used one over there then sell it before we leave.
    Wow! Those prices are amazingly cheap! I can't get over that car rental for the WHOLE week! That's amazing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    Hers came from the next trailer over.
    yes the next trailer over from yours dark stool
    “If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    yes the next trailer over from yours dark stool
    Mobile homes don't meet the restrictions in either development that I own real property.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    How could YOU spend your American dollars in those Socialist countries? You Commie Bastard!!!
    I bet you think the Nordic countries are socialist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFM View Post
    I bet you think the Nordic countries are socialist.
    He's to afraid to have an opinion on much of anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    He's to afraid to have an opinion on much of anything.
    He's one that believes the high standard of living in those countries is brought about by socialism. In those countries, they have socialized medicine but that high standard of living is brought about by capitalism. If socialism brought about such a high standard of living, the government housing in the U.S. would be mansions not hellholes overrun with crime.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFM View Post
    He's one that believes the high standard of living in those countries is brought about by socialism. In those countries, they have socialized medicine but that high standard of living is brought about by capitalism. If socialism brought about such a high standard of living, the government housing in the U.S. would be mansions not hellholes overrun with crime.
    There is also a vastly different culture in these countries, with kindred ancestry, work ethic and strong Christian tradition. All factors that the Left detests.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFM View Post
    I bet you think the Nordic countries are socialist.
    "All Nordic countries also have highly-developed hospital services. Nordic healthcare systems are taxation based, and locally administrated with every citizen having equal access to services. All countries, however, require co-payments by patients for hospital care and medicines.
    Overview of the Healthcare Systems in the Nordic Countries ...
    https://healthmanagement.org/.../overview-of-the-healthcare-systems-in-the-nordic-coun..."

    Which is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    There is also a vastly different culture in these countries, with kindred ancestry, work ethic and strong Christian tradition. All factors that the Left detests.
    Those Nordic countries tend to be ethnically and culturally homogeneous. They have common goals, a common heritage, and want to work together. In the U.S., the groups that aren't successful want to blame those that are as the cause of their failures then expect those successful groups to offset that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    "All Nordic countries also have highly-developed hospital services. Nordic healthcare systems are taxation based, and locally administrated with every citizen having equal access to services. All countries, however, require co-payments by patients for hospital care and medicines.
    Overview of the Healthcare Systems in the Nordic Countries ...
    https://healthmanagement.org/.../overview-of-the-healthcare-systems-in-the-nordic-coun..."

    Which is it?
    They are capitalist countries with socialist medicine. The high standard of living there isn't due to socialism. If socialism worked like that, all the government housing we have here would be mansions and the freeloading food stamp recipients would eat gourmet meals 3x/day. What we have is shitholes overrun with crime and freeloaders begging because someone else didn't provide their lazy asses with what they demand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFM View Post
    They are capitalist countries with socialist medicine. The high standard of living there isn't due to socialism. If socialism worked like that, all the government housing we have here would be mansions and the freeloading food stamp recipients would eat gourmet meals 3x/day. What we have is shitholes overrun with crime and freeloaders begging because someone else didn't provide their lazy asses with what they demand.
    Oh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFM View Post
    Those Nordic countries tend to be ethnically and culturally homogeneous. They have common goals, a common heritage, and want to work together. In the U.S., the groups that aren't successful want to blame those that are as the cause of their failures then expect those successful groups to offset that.
    Democrats cater to the unsuccessful groups by giving them free stuff and telling them that that their problems are due to the successful people. If that influence would go away the unsuccessful would learn quickly how to become successful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    Oh.
    Now that you know the truth, what is your next step?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    Democrats cater to the unsuccessful groups by giving them free stuff and telling them that that their problems are due to the successful people. If that influence would go away the unsuccessful would learn quickly how to become successful.
    That or wonder what happened as they wasted away. Either way the problem is solved.

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