Wilton, Again, you're very kind in offering to help exercise my cars for me. lol. On the trip down, maybe we could load up the trunk with some used W124 parts. There must be a business model in there somewhere....a place for Canadian cars to go and relax during the winter months, and a means to transport cheap used Canadian Benz parts to the US. Think we need to crunch some numbers over a couple of iced tea. ;-) hee hee
Ed 300E 2008/12/13 Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > 'Need to bring that Porsche down here and let me exercise it a bit for ya > during the winter maybe a dozen times or so; 'keep it outta that nasty salt > up there and still have it exercised a bit. I could even fly up there and > bring it back, etc. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Socialism > > > > lol, yes, I would have to agree, if you don't use it, it's one of, if not > > the very best systems in the world. ;-) All joking aside, it is a very > good > > system, but it is a failing system. > > > > Taxes are a tricky thing. We are masters at hiding them, and redirecting > > them into areas the government feels are in our best interest. We've > never > > shy to borrow a good tax idea here in Canada and make it our own. lol > > > > My porsche is also the most fuel efficient and lowest run cost car I've > even > > owned. Mind you, I only drive it a dozen times a year. hee hee. > > > > Ed > > 300E > > > > 2008/12/13 Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> > > > > > All the howling and insurance company advertising aside, my experience > with > > > the Ontario single payer plan was quite good -- at least for my friends > and > > > colleagues, as I didn't use it in the three years I was there. > > > > > > My taxes were lower in Canda, too. > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > On Dec 13, 2008, at 3:09 AM, Hendrik & Fay wrote: > > > > > > Interesting read but more left wing loony stuff no doubt http:// > > >> allcountries.org/health/usa_health_care_2008_nyt.html > > >> > > >> Hendrik & Fay wrote: > > >> > > >>> Moore used Canada, Great Britain, France and Cuba's health systems as > > >>> examples of ones where the collective pays for the individual to get > treated > > >>> for medical problems. > > >>> According to him all those countries peoples have a longer life > > >>> expectancy than those in the US and lower infant mortality (although > > >>> according to the WHO statistics Cuba is lower than the US). > > >>> Of course you can't entirely blame the health system on this but it > makes > > >>> you wonder if a profit driven system is a good idea. > > >>> From memory the US is ranked 37 on the list of good health care > systems, > > >>> whilst expenditure per capita is number 1. http:// > > >>> www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html > > >>> Also spends the second most as a % of GDP http://www.photius.com/ > > >>> rankings/total_health_expenditure_as_pecent_of_gdp_2000_to_2005.html > > >>> So this leads me to think that money is not the problem but how and > on > > >>> what it is spend in the system. > > >>> Whilst Australia is ranked 29 in the % of GDP and 17 in per capita > and > > >>> the overall rank in 2000 was 32 but number 2 in life expectancy. > > >>> I can understand Japan being number one in the life expectancy rank, > > >>> probably due to diet and genetics but Australia is a mixed bag (as > the > US > > >>> is) and our indigenous population has a shocking life expectancy > rate. > > >>> > > >>> Hendrik > > >>> who is not a statistician > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
