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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    You can fit the homogeneous population of Scotland inside the city of LA. Scotland's deficit seven times higher than UK as a whole last year Scotland almost £15 billion in debt and its deficit is almost twice as large as the UK as a whole, say new figures
    Indeed, TD, the Scots are takers, not makers.

    BTW, their ruling party is the Scottish Nationalist Party, isn't it?

    I was told that nationalism is evil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eagle-Eye View Post
    The DOD budget for 2020 is $753 billion.
    $753 billion < $1.2 trillion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Just to pay for the free health care alone the gubmint would have to confiscate about 90% of all private wealth, according to his "plan". Oh well, so much for free college. Darn.
    The problem with Socialism, as Maggie said, is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    25% of the current budget is also spend on salaries, benefits, etc. A cut this big would also cause mass layoffs/discharges.
    Maybe all the unemployed folks could learn to code, or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Indeed, TD, the Scots are takers, not makers.

    BTW, their ruling party is the Scottish Nationalist Party, isn't it?

    I was told that nationalism is evil.
    Great points.
    "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."


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    Unless you just can't stand the idea of "ni**ers" teaching white kids.


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    Address the topic, not other posters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    The problem with Socialism, as Maggie said, is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
    Margarete was a great along with Ronnie. They are missed.
    "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Unless you just can't stand the idea of "ni**ers" teaching white kids.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    Margarete was a great along with Ronnie. They are missed.


    Their legacies live on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    Great points.
    Let's not forget that one of the most evil political movements in history was named the National Socialist Worker's Party.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    $753 billion < $1.2 trillion.
    YEP! Guess Bernie plans a military equipment yard sale.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eagle-Eye View Post
    YEP! Guess Bernie plans a military equipment yard sale.
    I wonder if he plans to give Kim Jong Un a discount on our nukes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Just to pay for the free health care alone the gubmint would have to confiscate about 90% of all private wealth




    The countries in Green are those with free universal healthcare (all socialist hell-holes or bankrupt).
    The countries in Red are those without free universal healthcare. Note the USA right up there with sub-Saharan Africa!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eagle-Eye View Post
    YEP! Guess Bernie plans a military equipment yard sale.
    to russia maybe :P
    is on twitter @realtsuke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    SCOTLAND has free healthcare and college for everyone (except English incomers, of course), and we haven't seen the end of Scotland as we know it.
    They also have a huge deficit as well even with the Barnett Formula.

    Scotland ran a deficit seven times higher than the UK as a whole last year, despite again cutting its overspend on public services.

    The latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (Gers) figures showed there was a record gap of nearly £2,000 per person between how much was spent on public services and debt repayment, and total tax revenues for 2018-19.

    Scotland’s notional deficit stood at £12.6bn or 7% of GDP, including North Sea oil revenues, compared with the UK’s total £23.5bn deficit, which includes Scotland’s figure. The UK deficit is equivalent to 1.1% of its GDP.


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    Total state spending in Scotland was £1,661 higher per person than the UK average at £75.3bn, while tax receipts were £307 less per head than the UK average, at £62.7bn. Excluding oil revenues, the deficit exceeded £14bn, equal to 22.5% of tax revenues.

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...hole-last-year

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post



    The countries in Green are those with free universal healthcare (all socialist hell-holes or bankrupt).
    The countries in Red are those without free universal healthcare. Note the USA right up there with sub-Saharan Africa!
    Which one of those countries do you think is the most powerful, influential and wealthiest?

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Which one of those countries do you think is the most powerful, influential and wealthiest?
    Well done, anonymoose, you got my point! (unlike Nordberg, sadly).

    Most of the dozen or so countries without free universal healthcare are poor and backward; they don't deprive their people of it for reasons of "ideology". The US is probably unique in that respect!
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