Re: Another inept Bush pal leaves FEMA

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<cctvbahamas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> who cares, everything is soo cheap in the US it aint funny ... ;-)
>
> I pay $100 to fill my jeep, $7 for a bottle of OJ, $3 for a litre of
> pepsi, $15 for a 6 pack of beer .... yeah thats pretty much my weekly
> grocery list :-(
>
> A normal weekly grocery purchase of say normal stuff, i paid less than
> $50 in NY for, i paid $150 here, just did my first weekly buy in a
> while the other day ... it killed me .. then again if I dont, i spend
> $30 a day on just 3 fast food meals.
>
> 35% Customs Duty on Alarm Systems, 22% Duty on Video Equipment, 50-65%
> Duty on Vehicles,  and add 7% stamp tax on everything ...
>
> The person making $100,000 a year pays the same cost for something, as
> the poor person making $8,000 a week (average salary). Thats why Income
> tax is needed down here so bad, and to get rid of customs taxes, or
> lower them ... but things like TV tax is just pathetic! (UK)

You did know you CAN move right?