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Strategic Tea
Sep 1, 2012

Verisimilidude posted:

I went to barcelona recently and fell in love with the city and now I want to move there but then I found out it has 28% unemployment and they have secret police

but also the women are like 5 times more attractive than american women on average and they show their titties at the beach so I'm torn

everyone has secret police (but theyre secret) :nsa:

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mehmedbasic
Jul 6, 2015

88h88 posted:

It's not road tax, it's vehicle excise duty and is based on emissions. £550 is some ridiculous poo poo, do you drive a loving coal burning powerstation??

In Denmark it's the same. If you have a diesel engine without an approved particle filter, the tax is around 550 GBP. In Denmark I also pay 40% income tax, 25% VAT, a cup of coffee costs 4 euros and an Audi A3 costs around 30000 euros.

But I got paid to go to college, and my doctor's appointment is free.

Galsia
Oct 20, 2005
Pros: Free healthcare.

a real rude dude
Jan 23, 2005

we have lots more free cash because of no cripplin medical bills owned

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
I went to college for free but gas is mildly expensive and sometimes the gvt asks me for money, I'd say its complicated op

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax
the scat tax

Ohnonotme
Jul 23, 2007
Yay!

Verisimilidude posted:

I went to barcelona recently and fell in love with the city and now I want to move there but then I found out it has 28% unemployment and they have secret police

but also the women are like 5 times more attractive than american women on average and they show their titties at the beach so I'm torn

28% reported unemployment - they just don't like paying tax.
Bonus - if you paint yourself silver and go and stand on the Ramblas, don't move and people will throw money at you!
Also they poke you with sticks and try and get you to move to prove you are not a statue.

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

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america definitely does not have a secret police

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Zzulu posted:

america definitely does not have a secret police

lol yeah the operative word being "a", NSA, CIA, Department of Homeland security, FBI, secret service, etc

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Rutibex posted:

lol yeah the operative word being "a", NSA, CIA, Department of Homeland security, FBI, secret service, etc

what is the etc? only two of the things you just named are law enforcement organisations and they are in no way "secret".

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

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The Illuminati Night Forces, the Subterranean Intelligence bureau, the Men In Black, the Galactic Security Council etc

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax
oh right

spud
Aug 27, 2003

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

88h88 posted:

It's not road tax, it's vehicle excise duty and is based on emissions. £550 is some ridiculous poo poo, do you drive a loving coal burning powerstation??

A 2 Litre petrol car.

Geoj
May 28, 2008

BITTER POOR PERSON

Zzulu posted:

america definitely does not have a secret police

We don't need a secret police force here because the regular police are already corrupt as hell and ignore the law when it suits them.

fuck the ROW
Aug 29, 2008

by zen death robot
they pay a "value added tax" where you end up paying sales tax like 20 times, then their still homeless so i guess socialism loses again

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
The US having no VAT is the reason that people get busted in customs flying from the US with an apron of iphoned duct taped to them.

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Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

TacticalUrbanHomo posted:

what is the etc? only two of the things you just named are law enforcement organisations and they are in no way "secret".

:ssh:people knew that the Stasi existed, thats not what made them "secret"

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