Comments on: Are High Taxes the Basis of Freedom and Prosperity? http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/ Ideas on Liberty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: stop spam plugin http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-60743 stop spam plugin Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:17:03 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-60743 <strong>How to stop spam links...</strong> [...]check below, this solution is used by most website and bloggers.[...]…... How to stop spam links…

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]]> By: Freder ick Ford http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-51710 Freder ick Ford Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:27:43 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-51710 Excellent article. Very informative, especially in debunking Sachs' contentions. Will keep this information available to access for future postings. Excellent article. Very informative, especially in debunking Sachs’ contentions. Will keep this information available to access for future postings.

]]> By: Libertarian Jerry http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-48572 Libertarian Jerry Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-48572 Clueless? I'd like to see 1/3 of the Swedish Budget spent on foreign military adventures and at the same time dump about 1 million nonproductive inner city welfare recipients onto their economy and see how long before Sweden goes bankrupt and,at the same time, still remain a beacon of progressive thinking about a higher Socialist standard of living. Clueless? I’d like to see 1/3 of the Swedish Budget spent on foreign military adventures and at the same time dump about 1 million nonproductive inner city welfare recipients onto their economy and see how long before Sweden goes bankrupt and,at the same time, still remain a beacon of progressive thinking about a higher Socialist standard of living.

]]> By: vickstick http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-48439 vickstick Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:50:16 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-48439 At the point where this guy discussed waiting times in Sweden I stopped reading. This guy isn't only cluesless, he's simply a liar. For a normal doctor's appointment, the longest waiting time is 3 days. The logest waiting time (14 days) is for dietists! How can you lie and distort the truth like this? This completely proves what many people have told me about libertarianism: it's for people who failed their economy class like hell. At the point where this guy discussed waiting times in Sweden I stopped reading.
This guy isn’t only cluesless, he’s simply a liar.
For a normal doctor’s appointment, the longest waiting time is 3 days. The logest waiting time (14 days) is for dietists!
How can you lie and distort the truth like this?
This completely proves what many people have told me about libertarianism: it’s for people who failed their economy class like hell.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-42050 Aaron Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:51:25 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-42050 Yeah, it's so bad in Sweden that they have a higher standard of living than more than 90% of the world and they are running on a budget surplus. Sounds terrible to me. They absolutely must be stifling business. Right...what a load of BS. My wife is from Sweden and I have lived there myself for periods of time. The health care does NOT take any longer than in the US, and the standards of living for the average person are much higher. Keep fighting taxes for the rich, but stop using Sweden as an example of how it doesn't work because you are dead wrong about Sweden. I'd like to know where you got your numbers. Seems like you made them up. Yeah, it’s so bad in Sweden that they have a higher standard of living than more than 90% of the world and they are running on a budget surplus. Sounds terrible to me. They absolutely must be stifling business. Right…what a load of BS. My wife is from Sweden and I have lived there myself for periods of time. The health care does NOT take any longer than in the US, and the standards of living for the average person are much higher. Keep fighting taxes for the rich, but stop using Sweden as an example of how it doesn’t work because you are dead wrong about Sweden. I’d like to know where you got your numbers. Seems like you made them up.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-36664 Jacob Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:53:50 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-36664 Highly informative article. I would have welcomed suicide date. I sent only day in Sweden once, and was happy to get out of there. A long time ago some Americans actually immigrated there, but also could not take and returned home to evil capitalist America. Sachs work for a magazine directed at academic generally employed by tax supported universitie or students. Expecting a defense of libertarian notions from Scientific American is probably unrealistic. Read my book "Just Govenment--an Impossible Dream" where I go on and on about the unwillingness of peope to thin. "People would sooner die than think!" Bertrand Russell. Highly informative article. I would have welcomed suicide date. I sent only day in Sweden once, and was happy to get out of there. A long time ago some Americans actually immigrated there, but also could not take and returned home to evil capitalist America. Sachs work for a magazine directed at academic generally employed by tax supported universitie or students. Expecting a defense of libertarian notions from Scientific American is probably unrealistic. Read my book “Just Govenment–an Impossible Dream” where I go on and on about the unwillingness of peope to thin. “People would sooner die than think!” Bertrand Russell.

]]> By: Obama to Deficit Commission: Everything’s on the Table | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-25076 Obama to Deficit Commission: Everything’s on the Table | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:53:45 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-25076 [...] (Washington Post, Wednesday) No-new-tax pledges are as solid as bubbles. FEE Timely Classic “Are High Taxes the Basis of Freedom and Prosperity?” by Sudha R. [...] [...] (Washington Post, Wednesday) No-new-tax pledges are as solid as bubbles. FEE Timely Classic “Are High Taxes the Basis of Freedom and Prosperity?” by Sudha R. [...]

]]> By: James Madison Fan http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-16200 James Madison Fan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:10:19 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-16200 What did Sweden spend on their military last year? The USSR is part of history and China has taken steps towards free trade. What exactly was Sweden\\\'s contribution to this in troops, arms, and Kroner? They didn\\\'t even have the courtesy to provide some hot cheerleaders. Something Mr. Sachs might want to consider is when you don\\\'t have to dedicate a third of your annual income to protecting half the planet from the other half it is amazing what you can accomplish. What did Sweden spend on their military last year?

The USSR is part of history and China has taken steps towards free trade. What exactly was Sweden\\\’s contribution to this in troops, arms, and Kroner? They didn\\\’t even have the courtesy to provide some hot cheerleaders. Something Mr. Sachs might want to consider is when you don\\\’t have to dedicate a third of your annual income to protecting half the planet from the other half it is amazing what you can accomplish.

]]> By: John Anello http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-16185 John Anello Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:55:32 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/are-high-taxes-the-basis-of-freedom-and-prosperity/#comment-16185 If Mr. Sachs bothered to read The Road To Serfdom, he would have noticed that F.A. Hayek addressed the Sweden issue: “Although one does not like to reminded it was not so many years since the socialist policy of [Germany] was generally held up by progressives as an example to be imitated, just as in more recent years Sweden has been the model country to which progressive eyes were directed.” This is an excellent article that finally debunks the myth of Swedish socialist superiority. If Mr. Sachs bothered to read The Road To Serfdom, he would have noticed that F.A. Hayek addressed the Sweden issue: “Although one does not like to reminded it was not so many years since the socialist policy of [Germany] was generally held up by progressives as an example to be imitated, just as in more recent years Sweden has been the model country to which progressive eyes were directed.”

This is an excellent article that finally debunks the myth of Swedish socialist superiority.

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