[ale] OT: Forget Comcast, I wanna move to Germany!

[Ned Williams]

Dont forget VAT on the DSL service if in Europe...and the router's VAT if
they give it to you for "free"..which is usally another 20% tax on top of
the income tax your paying...


On 4/4/07, Robert Reese <ale at sixit.com> wrote:
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> On 4/4/2007 at 4:27 PM Jay Finch wrote:
>
> >So (if I'm understanding things correctly) how would you like
> >to pay a 50% (or higher) tax rate in order to have those advanced
> >services? I'll take my 25% bracket (for now, unless we get a
> >consumption-based tax like FairTax) and be happy for now. :)
>
> Actually, it's a 25% income tax, plus a sales tax.  That's not counting
> all the embedded taxes in services and products.  I'd rather pay tax knowing
> exactly what the tax is rather than have to pay artficially
> government-inflated prices (which also reduces innovation and advancement).
>
> That's one of the reasons that these services can be offered for less
> money.  And if it weren't efficient, then the EU members and most Asian
> countries wouldn't be faring better than us currently.
>
> So, yes, I'd rather pay the 50% and thereby actually save money. ;c)
>
> Cheers,
> Robert~
>
>
> >> On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 15:57 -0400,
> >Robert Reese wrote:
> >>> Wha..??  16MB DSL + phone + on-demand
> >movie service (yes, includes
> >>> "erotica"), and
> >"handy" (cell?) service for 30 Euro a month, 20 Euro for
> >>> the first 6 months?  Free modem/router too?  That's crazy!
> >>>
> >>>
> ><http://dsl.1und1.de/xml/order/DslEinstieg>
> >>>
> >http://dsl.1und1.de/xml/order/DslEinstieg
> >>>
> >>> Next
> >time hellsouth/att calls you wanting you back, tell 'em you want
> >>> 'em to match *this*.
> >>
> >> Most of Europe and
> >Asian metro areas are similar.  The US lags (again),
> >> I blame it
> >on us always being the early adopter. :-(
> >>
> >> -Jim P.
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