I wouldn't charge much, especially on a fleet basis. Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Socialism > 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 _______________________________________ 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
