Trivia: Zero Unemployment in Tax Haven Andorra

1. L
   November 21st, 2007 at 12:29 pm

   So... unemployment + taxes = early death?

2. ddr
   November 21st, 2007 at 1:20 pm

   unemployment = stress, depression, bad quality of life, non-nutritious food (mcdonalds is the cheapest meal today if i'm not mistaken besides day old doughnuts.

   more taxes = more stress, political unrest, less vacation money, more time to work.

   People today in North America work longer hours a week compared to 20 years ago.

3. growabrain
   November 21st, 2007 at 5:14 pm

   I visited Andorra in 1974 or 75... All the shops offered very cheap products

4. Santi
   November 22nd, 2007 at 4:26 am

   I live in Barcelona, 200 km from Andorra, and these area it's very popular for skiing, so we go there almost once a year.

   These facts are true , but if you are not a "elite" tenissplayer or opera singer it's impossible to become a cityzen, even after living there for 15 years.

   There is also no union, they don't have there own currency, they work with euros (few years ago spansih pesetas and french francs ).

   I rather prefer living less but better

5. Mindpimp
   November 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 am

   As a matter of pedantry, in English, the term is "euro", or "the euro", not "euros". It's the same as saying "sheep", you wouldn't say "sheeps" now would you? It does take a plural in other languages however.

6. Alex
   November 22nd, 2007 at 3:40 pm

   Not so, Mindpimp: in many English-speaking countries, natural plurals (in this case Euros) are used.

   See: Linguistic Issues Concerning the Euro [wiki]

7. Chris
   November 22nd, 2007 at 11:00 pm

   Cheap alcohol and cigarettes, yoohoo!

8. Gellner
   November 23rd, 2007 at 7:48 pm

   mcdonald's is NOT the cheapest food, if you know how to shop. It's much cheaper to buy bulk foods and prepare you own food, always.

9. vadik32
   November 24th, 2007 at 12:56 pm

   I buy all my cars at car auctions... if you have a day old stew you can turn it into sheaperds pie... euros are euro and other relevant comments

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