Most expensive Mercedes

"cp" haute in die Tasten:

Whenever I hear an American saying the word "Socialism", it sounds to my german ears as if he wanted to put a country in one line with poor countries like Cuba or North Korea. Actually the Danes are wealthy people, the streets over there are crowded with Saab and Volvo, not necessarily the car you expect to see in larger numbers in a socialistic country. BTW: In the truly socialistic former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) the political leaders used to drive around in Volvos, while the people had to use funny little plastic cars. In Denmark the people uses Volvo, while the leaders use Mercedes.

If I was living there, I would also moan about the high car taxes. OTOH: IF you basically have nothing to pay for state-of-the-art medical treatment and for the education of your kids, you can afford to spend more money for your car.

And one hint at last: As Denmark does not have any substantial domestic production of passenger cars or trucks (only trailers and semis), they do not feel the need to protect the domestic car industry by maintaining a small tax load.

Frank

BTW: Bad news: The wonderful Bang & Olufsen home theatre components made in Denmark do cost the same there as they cost everywhere else. Second bad news: They look better than they sound.

No reports of that from Viper Club of America or my local mechanic ( Ted May - Ayala Racing San Jose) Mine doesn't have enough miles on it to know, yet. It was a prom queen in its former life, and I'm just starting to pile on the miles now.

do a write up of it when it hits 50 :-)

REInvestments? You run an investment company or are you an investor?

cp

are you the bad boy who was taking pictures (on

cp

Jan, what's the average yearly pay in Denmark?

cp

Real Estate Investments. I invest, and I'm a broker at a commercial real estate brokerage in California, as well as a lawyer (but I don't do legal work any longer). Selling something interesting?

The brokerage business is why I keep the Mercedes. You can't beat the 99 W140 S Class for scouting properties with a few people in complete comfort :- )

The Viper is for...... well, you know.

Ping me off line LWallerstein "at" btcommercial.com

Not selling, but we want to buy, in Vancouver though :-) I would like to become a slumlord though eventually :-)

d@mn straight!

yeh, for them "special" clients! he he

cp

snipped-for-privacy@vrx.news (Richard Sexton) haute in die Tasten:

Sorry, no pic available due to non-existance of girlfriend.

Frank (married since 1994)

Not a lot - and the income tax is extreme.

Compared to the US highly educated people (masters degree og higher) don´t earn a lot - but waiters (educated in wine and food - not just people who clean the tables) end garbage-guys do earn a lot of money.. (compared to the US)

An average pay for a layer is: 45.000 Dkr a month (7500 US dollars)

An average pay for a journalist is 35.000 Dkr a month (5830 US dollars)

An average pay for a garbage-remover is: 24.000 Dkr a month (4000 UD dollars)

Not a huge difference between people like in the US, like you can se.

We also pay more than 50 % tax of our income in. You need to be a pretty wealthy guy to buy an SL 600 ;-)

On the other hand: Visiting at the doctor is completly free (go as much as you like), the same goes for hospitals. Schools, high schools and universities are free as well - and you get paid a sallory each month by the state to go to university.

I have three years of economics and four years of journalism (for free), and I visited University of Columbia in NY five years ago. Their school of journalism is not any better than the one, I went to - for free.

I don´t know why, but we dont´t have much crime in our country - and the legal system doesn´t punish the way, it does in the US. Examples:

- You kill a police officer on duty: Life..! (The only crime that really puts you away)

- You rob a bank: 6 years in prison.

- You rape a 16 year old girl (but don´t harm her in any other way: 3 years in prison.

Traditionally it has not been needed to punish danes anymore, because you can walk the streets safely at night time. We are beginning to see pressure on the system due to immigrants from the Middle East etc - not everyone respect society the way they should and in many ways, they begin to form a loosers-group i society, that we have difficulties dealing with. (Like some black people in the US. In Denmark Black people are not loosers at all..!)

We are use to people getting "back on track" by them selves due to the social- and welfare-system, but that does not seem to happen to poeple of speecific cultural backgrounds. '

Therefor we may have to change the whole system.... :-(

The same goes for our tax- and income-system. We experience a "brain drain", since the wages are so good for our educatede people in the US.

I love Vancouver, and Victoria. Beautiful areas.

yes, but you need to purchase a permit to purchase a car. It comes out about the same.

OK.. :-)

No, that was me. The butt belongs to one Kyndra Ferguson who was repairing John Whitlocks Alternator in the parking lof at last years Atlanta mbz.org gettogether.

Don't feel outdone though, send me better pictures. And may the best butt win.

Funny...my reply to a thread further up (i.e. later) seems to aply here: many Americans -- esp those reading participating here -- seem to think that when the state spreads money around a bit to help all its citizens it's "socialism". Maybe that suggests something about the political sophistication of said commentators?

(Conversely, some possibly incorrect views are held by west Europeans about the US health insurance system.)

DAS

Singapore has no space and some of the premium is recoverable, as it is in the form of a fungible permit.

DAS

Like I said, SG has no space. Car size and economy only of limited relevance.

DAS

Didn't 'he' want a picture of the Danish correspondent's girlfriend, to check out how she rates in the home stereo and pastry stakes?

I think you live too far south to even qualify as a Dane-by-proximity-to-the-border (unless you have relatives north of the border, of course).

:-) DAS

Looking in the mirror, listening to your echo?

DAS

Like I implied previously, the permit is not 'lost'. Its value is recoverable on the sale of the car.

Situation of Singapore is special, not comparable with Denmark: no space.

DAS