is living in the USA overrated

[mother_brain]

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I know this convo could get turned into one of the crappy threads in the politics forum

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I would say you still display a high level of naivete if you expect a cell phone conversation to remain private anywhere in the world.

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Case in point.

[CWilly]

No tax on gambling winnings and online gambling is officially legal here in the UK! Need I say more?!

[2Fast]

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No tax on gambling winnings and online gambling is officially legal here in the UK! Need I say more?!

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Nice! How do I sign up for UK citizenship??? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (too bad the ladies are generally fat!)

[daveymck]

Some Ops like knee and hip replacements do generally have waiting lists although there are targets in place to reduce this, you do have the option to go private if you want, and some people goto other EU countries to jump the queues.

There are issues with the NHS, funding at the moment being part of it, I know the Tories had some ideas of having a partial US style system, personally I think open access is better although I havent studied other healthcare systems. I did work in the NHS for 10 years in Finance so have a bit background on what goes on.

The TV licence is $200 and a bit US equivilent per household can have as many tv's as you like. The BBC has no adverts and is funded through this, this will probably change in the next few years as I think most people accept in this modern digital age this isnt the best way to fund the BBC.

[pon]

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Top (ten) countries (HDI range from 0.963 down to 0.878)

1 Norway
2 Iceland
3 Australia
4 Luxembourg
5 Canada
6 Sweden
7 Switzerland
8 Ireland
9 Belgium
10 United States


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDI

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woo woo. lol. We are in the lead [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
tho. As someone said everything over here is pretty [censored] expensive. gas in like twice the price as the us $8/gallon or something.

But we have free schools, free hospitals, free college/unis, no taxes on poker.

[CWilly]

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No tax on gambling winnings and online gambling is officially legal here in the UK! Need I say more?!

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Nice! How do I sign up for UK citizenship??? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (too bad the ladies are generally fat!)

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Yes, women is a plus point of the US....and Las Vegas!

[jstnrgrs]

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. . .that scare me the most are your aderrence to the constition to the point of worship. . .

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I actually think out lack of adherrence to the constitution is one of our biggest problems. If we followed it strictly, our government would be much better. (Also, it should be noted that the constitution can be changed if there is a problem with it.)

[jstnrgrs]

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Top (ten) countries (HDI range from 0.963 down to 0.878)

1 Norway
2 Iceland
3 Australia
4 Luxembourg
5 Canada
6 Sweden
7 Switzerland
8 Ireland
9 Belgium
10 United States


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDI

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woo woo. lol. We are in the lead [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
tho. As someone said everything over here is pretty [censored] expensive. gas in like twice the price as the us $8/gallon or something.

But we have free schools, free hospitals, free college/unis, no taxes on poker.

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As was said earlier, "LOL at free".

[MrDiz]

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No tax on gambling winnings and online gambling is officially legal here in the UK! Need I say more?!

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Nice! How do I sign up for UK citizenship??? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (too bad the ladies are generally fat!)

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Lol at Americans calling people fat.
(Great place to visit though, in fact my Vegas cherry's getting popped in 4 months [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])

[pon]

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Top (ten) countries (HDI range from 0.963 down to 0.878)

1 Norway
2 Iceland
3 Australia
4 Luxembourg
5 Canada
6 Sweden
7 Switzerland
8 Ireland
9 Belgium
10 United States


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDI

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woo woo. lol. We are in the lead [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
tho. As someone said everything over here is pretty [censored] expensive. gas in like twice the price as the us $8/gallon or something.

But we have free schools, free hospitals, free college/unis, no taxes on poker.

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As was said earlier, "LOL at free".

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for those less fortunate(sp?) it's free...
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