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Re: Do we make to much money


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Posted by fixerupper on February 26, 2017 at 20:21:38 from (100.42.94.143):

In Reply to: Do we make to much money posted by John in La on February 26, 2017 at 17:14:22:

We in the US have an infatuation with the word BIG and lavish. When Marilyn and I lived with our friends in Finland for two weeks I learned just how big and wasteful we are here in the US.

Finland is a very modern high tec but conservative country. The buildings are plain Jane, the clothing they wear is functional, not flashy. The refrigerator in our host's house was probably half as wide as our normal refrigerator here in the US. The kitchen range was the same way. The deep freeze was tiny compared to ours. I thought the small appliances in their house were small by their choice but I was in an appliance store and that's the way they all were, half our size. Same way with the washer and dryers. When we went to the grocery store we took our own two shipping bags, yes, only two. We bagged our own groceries, there was no carry out service nor did we take the small shopping cart out of the store. By the way, all four wheels on the shopping cart swiveled so the cart could be maneuvered down the narrow isles. I saw NO overweight people, none! Food is plain meat, cheese, fish and fruit as a whole, though on special occasion a fancy meal was prepared. The many bicycles and small cars and pedestrians were because of the price of gasoline. Almost every car had a stick shift. Public transportation was plentiful and easy to use. There were bus stops with benches to sit on out in the country far from town. I think a person could live a normal life in most of Finland without ever owning a car. This all comes about because of a conservative society. And they live very good healthy lives. It the Finnish attitude was like the US attitude they too would be overweight and lavish and the need for more income would follow closely. For those of us who live fairly simple lives, living in Finland would be easy. For the rest of the gluttonous US population it would be a big shock.


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