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Offline IceFire

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Reply #120 on: December 06, 2004, 01:20:05 pm
Wow...another reason to move to Canada :)

Only 15% total sales tax in Ontario :D (thats 7 precent federal and 8 percent provincial).  I always loved shopping in the states where you had no sales tax whatsoever.  That was wild.

BTW: What would they do for tourists in the US?
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Reply #121 on: December 06, 2004, 01:23:25 pm
this would kill tourism as well

generally it would cause one huge economic crash because consumer purchasing power would floor, so their purchasing would floor
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Reply #122 on: December 06, 2004, 01:28:16 pm
Thank God the state of Texas has no state income tax.  :)
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Reply #123 on: December 06, 2004, 01:30:48 pm
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Originally posted by IceFire

BTW: What would they do for tourists in the US?


Claimback ala VAT I'd imagine; of course, the dollar is so weak justnow (record low compared to the euro, for example) any sales tax wouldn't be a massive deterrent.
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Reply #124 on: December 06, 2004, 01:53:58 pm
Its still 0.82 cents Canadian to the American dollar.  So its important :D
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Reply #125 on: December 06, 2004, 01:59:58 pm
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Thank God the state of Texas has no state income tax.  :)


maybe that explains why your schools suck so much

and why the president from that state imposed that stats sucky school system (no child left behind) on states like mine that pwned texas, and has caused our educational quality to be dragged down
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Reply #126 on: December 06, 2004, 02:17:30 pm
You think they would put state income tax money into the education system?!?!  You think wrong.  

You think people in Texas are stupid?  Please...
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Reply #127 on: December 06, 2004, 02:20:09 pm
Putting money into the educational system? Are you mad?
That would screw all the investment on TV "education"!
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Reply #128 on: December 06, 2004, 02:23:57 pm
The thing about TV Education is that it is one-way, you can't argue with a TV, so you are given opinions etc with no choice to debate them.

That is why Tutors are vital ;)
 

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Reply #129 on: December 06, 2004, 02:24:21 pm
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You think they would put state income tax money into the education system?!?!  You think wrong.  

You think people in Texas are stupid?  Please...


EVIDENCE genius, EVIDENCE

your education system ranks 49th in the nation
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Reply #130 on: December 06, 2004, 02:26:24 pm
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The thing about TV Education is that it is one-way, you can't argue with a TV, so you are given opinions etc with no choice to debate them.

That is why Tutors are vital ;)


Err... i shall put the [Sarcasm] tags next time...
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Reply #131 on: December 06, 2004, 02:40:06 pm
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your education system ranks 49th in the nation


Just out of interest. Who's worse?
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Reply #132 on: December 06, 2004, 02:44:07 pm
alabama or lousiana IIRC*

these previous ones were as of 2000
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Reply #133 on: December 06, 2004, 02:48:10 pm
ooh.. texas has managed to move up since bush left - and yes that's since he left, they tossed out all of bush's state education iniatives


they're 33rd now, tied with west virginia


50th right now is new mexico, nevada being 49
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Reply #134 on: December 06, 2004, 02:49:38 pm
Where are you checking out Kaz?
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Reply #135 on: December 06, 2004, 03:02:18 pm
doh.. i should have posted that link... now i've lost the URL
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