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How true. But if you are caught farting in public, they throw you
in the slammer for 10 years.
Wednesday, April 02, 2003, 11:34:39 AM, you wrote:
AM> Jimmy wrote:
>>It's ugly most places you would want to live. Bermuda has no income
>>tax however...
>>
>>http://www.worldwide-tax.com/index.htm#partthree
AM> Income taxes in Singapore are slightly better than the U.S. but they
AM> have NO personal capital gains tax, so I guess if you make your
AM> living trading, you pay no tax!
AM> After having visited Singapore a few times, I'd say I'd like to live
AM> there. Each time I'm there, I think I'm in San Francisco, only with
AM> just the good parts and none of the bad parts. Everybody speaks
AM> English (it's the first language for all children) but nobody speaks
AM> it to each other on the train or bus (just like in San Francisco),
AM> many signs are bilingual (just like SF), there is lots to do, lots
AM> to see, lots to eat (food's incredible). Unlike SF, the city is
AM> clean and there's no crime and prices are cheap.
AM> They've been the most proactive about dealing with SARS too.
AM> I hope that blows over before my wedding over there in July.
AM> Transparency International's Corruption Index ranks Singapore
AM> as the least corrupt of all Asian countries, and has an even
AM> better ranking than the United States, Canada, and the UK.
AM> http://www.transparency.org/cpi/2002/cpi2002.en.html
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