[DeTomaso] NPC: Love your country

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Will,


                    It all reminds me of the obscure comedy movie: 
Idiocracy.


                                      Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles




On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Will Kooiman wrote:

> Hi Mikael,
>
> That tax is ridiculous.
>
> So is the US immigration policy.  We just had to send one of our key
> consultants back to India because his Visa was not renewed.  On his 
> last
> day, the White House announced that illegal immigrants could stay in 
> the
> US indefinitely.
>
> On the news today, the White House announced that the Taliban is not a
> terrorist organization.  At least that's what the news is saying.
>
> All of this is ridiculous.
>
> --
> Will
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/30/15 9:00 AM, "Mikael" <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk> wrote:
>
>>   Well, at least appreciate that you don't live in my country...
>>
>>
>>   Article in the newspaper, car section. Ford will bring the new 
>> Mustang
>>   here, sell it fully supported from Ford dealers etc. Good news. And
>>   then the article says that fortunately for local buyers Ford 
>> intends to
>>   price it low and sell many instead pricing it high and only sell a 
>> few.
>>   Even better news. And then they mention a price example: The 
>> smallest
>>   V8 with the Performance Package, the minimum any enthusiast would 
>> buy,
>>   price: $110-120k.
>>
>>
>>   Yes, here in Denmark a car has to include Customs (7-10%) and VAT 
>> (25%)
>>   obviously, and then up to 180% registration tax on top. Yes, we end 
>> up
>>   at up to 3x the normal price. My daily driver I bought used 1 1/2 
>> years
>>   ago, a 2006 Cadillac STS V6, that cost $150k when new.
>>
>>
>>   And yes, my family and I have tried to move to the US, but 
>> apparently
>>   US Immigration prefers illegal immigrants on welfare, instead of 
>> people
>>   like us with proper jobs. Go figure...
>>
>>
>>   Mvh/Regards
>>
>>   Mikael
>>
>>   (The 180% does not apply to cars more than 35 years old, or I would 
>> not
>>   be able to buy my Pantera, Longchamp and Camaro)
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