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[Rich]

Gas, electric and water prices are sky high. And you get people from the north moving into the south.

Shall I go on? There's plenty more.

Col

Your water bills are about a third of ours down here!

 

[ColinEssex]

Your water bills are about a third of ours down here!

I pay £22 per month. (on a meter)

Col

 

[Rich]

I pay £22 per month. (on a meter)

Col

I have managed to get it down less than that but ours per se is about three times the national avg.

 

[oumahexi]

He does not have a point. Most of Haiti is catholic and not practising voodoo. Even if they were voodoo ceremonies it has NO connection to devil worship as most christian faiths would define it, only the uninformed or ignorant would bent the truth to those ends. Sort of the same way some ignorant people condemn 'alternative healing' methods as witch doctoring or whacko medicine.

I didn't say he was right to believe it, just that he has a point if that is what he believes. I do understand the concept of Santa Maria and am in no way defending him, just defending his right to his beliefs and to voice his opinion, right or wrong.

 

[Thales750]

I do not think the government controls the weather... they might have their hand in fixing cricket games.

Why do you not take care of your own elders?

What do you worry about roads for - you are always suggestion people should live closer to services - if it is a no brainer for third world countries then would it not make sense for England people?
Invest in banking - I hear there are millions to be made!

I guess the big cleanout of dead wood from the NHS two years or so back did not fix everything.

That is not depressing for those who can afford to invest in the companies stocks.

I did not know the army was defending your homeland.

I have absolutely no idea why people would pay for water

Well at least the northern people are cleaver enough to move closer to the services as you have prescribed as the cure for third world countries.

Sure - tell us more please

You're a funny guy Fifty.

 

[Fifty2One]

I can not take all the credit, I was just paraphrasing from some of Coline's own posts.

You're a funny guy Fifty.

 

[ColinEssex]

I can not take all the credit, I was just paraphrasing from some of Coline's own posts.

Yes, and if you had given it some thought you might have made a better job of it.

I was right though, no Americans will list anything wrong with the USA.

Col

 

[Thales750]

Yes, and if you had given it some thought you might have made a better job of it.

I was right though, no Americans will list anything wrong with the USA.

Col

Wrong again as usual, Col.
We have a 33% high school drop out rate.
We have a 30% Child hood obesity rate.
What does that say about our future?

 

[Adam Caramon]

I was right though, no Americans will list anything wrong with the USA.

I'd list a lot of things, I just wouldn't rank them because that would take a whole lot more effort that I am willing to expend for this forum.

Education - We claim to put education first, but we do not support it. College costs are sky high and you either have to be rich already or put yourself in debt a massive amount to obtain a degree.
Religion - Established religious organizations get tax-free status under the assumption that they are helping the common person. In reality, they are often very politically-charged institutions that breed the most extreme followers. Revoking their tax-exempt status would be a great start.
Immigration - We have a very sticky problem growing as far as immigration goes. Big business (read: republicans) like illegal immigrants for the cheap labor. Old white people (read: republicans) hate immigrants because they speak a different language and are convinced that they are trying to destroy this country.
Sense of Worth - Many politicians continually talk about how we're "the greatest country on the face of the Earth", and people who have never left the country believe them. Anything that America is not is automatically bad. Socialism is a scare word that gets people all riled up, but half of them couldn't tell you what it means. We feel we are the protectors of the world, and it is our responsibility to right wrongs in other countries. This has led to our current war, the past war, the past war before that, and is one of the main factors for the complete collapse of our economy.

I'm sure there's more, but that's off the top of my head.

 

[Thales750]

I'd list a lot of things, I just wouldn't rank them because that would take a whole lot more effort that I am willing to expend for this forum.

Education - We claim to put education first, but we do not support it. College costs are sky high and you either have to be rich already or put yourself in debt a massive amount to obtain a degree.
Religion - Established religious organizations get tax-free status under the assumption that they are helping the common person. In reality, they are often very politically-charged institutions that breed the most extreme followers. Revoking their tax-exempt status would be a great start.
Immigration - We have a very sticky problem growing as far as immigration goes. Big business (read: republicans) like illegal immigrants for the cheap labor. Old white people (read: republicans) hate immigrants because they speak a different language and are convinced that they are trying to destroy this country.
Sense of Worth - Many politicians continually talk about how we're "the greatest country on the face of the Earth", and people who have never left the country believe them. Anything that America is not is automatically bad. Socialism is a scare word that gets people all riled up, but half of them couldn't tell you what it means. We feel we are the protectors of the world, and it is our responsibility to right wrongs in other countries. This has led to our current war, the past war, the past war before that, and is one of the main factors for the complete collapse of our economy.

I'm sure there's more, but that's off the top of my head.

Simplistic to be sure, but you got it mostly right.

 

[ColinEssex]

immigrants because they speak a different language and are convinced that they are trying to destroy this country.

They have in the UK, so it'll be no different I suppose in the USA.

We let in every Tom, Dick and Harry, then pay them benefits and give them houses whilst others who have paid benefit contributions all their working lives miss out because they are not "eligible" on a technicality.

Col

 

[Fifty2One]

I did give it some thought but as English is not my primary language and I have other things to do with my life then dwell on every post in this forum. I guess I am not as good at it as you but I also have other things in my life.

Yes, and if you had given it some thought you might have made a better job of it.

I was right though, no Americans will list anything wrong with the USA.

Col