In Belgium you pay NO TAXES ATT ALL on surplus values of stocks. So if you have a profit of 1 million dollars on a sale of Microsofts you pay NOTHING, no income tax no social security no VAT. Only if you're a daytrader it can be interpreted as taxable. Mainly the frequency of trading defines if you're taxable or not. Tell me why we are not credible. Because we don't pay the taxes you thought we have to pay?
look here and watch number 4: http://www.aneki.com/best.html 8 countries of the top 10 are european countries: http://www.aneki.com/richest.html Think before you speak.
best places to live based upon? i checked the site. it is based on how rich the country per capita not on purchasing power
people on elite trader are very interested on low taxes and good ine pensive places to lives. #1 on the anak list is norway. i suggest you read an article in the new york times on living in norway. below is a link with a responswe to the article http://madskvalsvik.blogspot.com/2005/04/bawer-were-rich-youre-not-end-of-story.html
a number of criteria like housing, healtcare, pensions, cost of education..... all together the quality of your lifestyle. BTW i never said that the US sucks. I only wanted to prove that Europe doesn't suck either. Discussion closed, because we are indeed off topic.
I don't have a problem with a thread taking a slight change in direction for the benefit of education. However when it becomes a flame fest as it was 'beginning' to become, or it gets too far off course, then I will draw the line. It is not fair to the thread starter and his original intentions.
can people from the UK reside in Be. and have this structure? i recall that people from the UK don't have exactly the same rights as others from the EU. would someone please discuss this pt.