06-10-2010, 10:52 AM
(06-09-2010, 02:32 PM)kandrathe Wrote: I would define one kind of liberty (economic liberty) as the ratio of how much of your earnings you are allowed to keep.
That ratio is completely meaningless. If they give me 100.000 euro per day, and I have to give back 99% in taxes I am still very happy.....well that is if a loaf a bread doesn't cost 500 euro of course.
The amount of taxes based on income or possesion is a much better standard.
If you have people working at McDonalds, paying the same % of taxes as some top-end lawyer, I think you have a problem with liberty.
If it makes a huge difference where you were born you have a problem with liberty (not so many kids from teh ghetto going to Harvard).
If you are just fair, you must admit the liberties in Denmark are much greater than those in Minnesota.
Ps. your comments about government controlled schools.
I read in an article that dutch daycare centres are mainly owned by big companies......foreign investment vehicles take care of the babies and toddlers of common dutch people.....too me that is a far more scary thing than government owned schools.