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4.11.2009

Eat the Rich

Tags: Business & Economy, Celebrity, Crime & Safety, Everything, Taxes — Author: Hank W.

@ 11:27 am

Ilta-Sanomat and other evening newspapers are at their yearly exposé again:

So do you want to know who is who in Finland? Its all there. Eat the rich.

Comments (10)

10 Comments »

I looked up and down this list several times but I did not see the name Phil Schwarzmann!

Comment by Louis — Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
Where is the list of the country’s biggest recipients of welfare and other Government assistance? Now that is something that I would like to see!

Comment by Fred Fry — Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 @ 7:44 pm
#2: Björn Wahlroos, the biggest welfare recipient, is also high on the other list.

Comment by Freeridin' Franklin — Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 @ 10:22 pm
I thought there were no rich men in a ***SUOMI socialist non-utopia***
I guess most Finns are to lazy to chase after the ***RAHA***
Here is a little inspirational music to make the ***RAHA***!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc

Comment by infinndel the jenkki dogg — Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 @ 11:59 pm
The Finn rich-bitch-wanna-be shakes her feminist booty!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCISSGjcHL4

Comment by infinndel the jenkki dogg — Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 @ 3:08 am
It’s kinda funny how it’s just ‘the rich’ as in Finland, that covers just about anyone who makes more than, say, 1500 euro per month after taxes.

Comment by hfb — Fri, Nov 6th, 2009 @ 10:53 pm
Come on now! How can a state actually publish people’s incomes for everyone else to see! That does not sound like freedom to me.

Sometimes I feel that there are no people with guts in Finland. They all sit back and accept whatever violations of their rights the state does. Why settle for your incomes being put in the public domain for each and every one to see!!!

Comment by RegularGuy — Sun, Nov 8th, 2009 @ 11:04 am
Lotto winners are all anon . Is this dosh tax free ? But then Finns are all winners .. to be born in Finland !

Comment by Exile — Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 @ 3:26 pm
hfb:
“It’s kinda funny how it’s just ‘the rich’ as in Finland, that covers just about anyone who makes more than, say, 1500 euro per month after taxes.”

That’s about $2,250, i.e. pretty rich by contemporary U.S. standards, with the notable exception of Bailout Street, of course.

Comment by Freeridin' Franklin — Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
hfb – YOU ALIVE! btw I never thanked you enough for the scanner…

Comment by Hank W. — Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 @ 9:20 pm