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Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:13:12 GMT
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CJC@nospamNEWSGUY.COM
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Richard Dee <richard.dee@virgin.net> wrote:
> <rant at no one in particular>
> Oh how criminal. The shame of it. Oh how you yanks are ripped-off in so
> many ways. Stop your pathetic whining over what are pathetically cheap
> goods and rejoice in the good things that you have and give the rest
> of us a break!
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> It is really shocking how Americans do nothing but complain about their
> ridiculously cheap prices, not realising that:
> 1.the rest of the world pays twice, if not more, than you do.
> 2.the rest of the world pays twice, if not more, than you do, probably
> to subsidise the ridiculously cheap prices that you complain
> about being too expensive.
I seriously doubt you're subsidizing our gas prices. What you're
doing is paying a boatload of taxes to pay for all the silly social
programs you enjoy.
> As it is well known, I usually post to provoke, not necessarily
> having the relevant info to back it up.
Yup.
--
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:13:12 GMT, Mike Stanley uttered the following profundities... (...) Not gas prices. But I can buy any number of UK-produced items in America (clothing being one example), cheaper in the US, even after paying the UK's sales tax (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:51:45 GMT, Steve Bliss uttered the following profundities... (...) <rant at no one in particular> Oh how criminal. The shame of it. Oh how you yanks are ripped-off in so many ways. Stop your pathetic whining over what are (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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