tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31432976.post5501992688577175422..comments2023-08-10T07:41:11.827-07:00Comments on Bajillion: 8 Weeks Vacation A Year!Tommaso Sciortinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13682166317937996902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31432976.post-11674446913492477092007-05-17T20:01:00.000-07:002007-05-17T20:01:00.000-07:00I have a weird weakness for Milton Friedman and be...I have a weird weakness for Milton Friedman and beg you to indulge me. Quoting from O'Rourke's Eat the Rich:<BR/><BR/>"A Scandinavian economist once proudly said to free-market advocate Milton Friedman,'In Scandinavia we have no poverty.' And Milton Friedman replied, 'That's interesting, because in America among Scandinavians, we have no poverty, either.'"<BR/><BR/>Good for Finland! Heaven knows that if I had 8 weeks of vacation I'd spend a whole lot more time doing nothing!Birneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645718656239034032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31432976.post-47169457984111184372007-05-17T10:56:00.000-07:002007-05-17T10:56:00.000-07:00Don't you understand, Paul, that countries like Fi...Don't you understand, Paul, that countries like Finland propser because they're not burdoned with lazy brown immigrants! When was the last time you saw a Mexican American actually working for a living?!Rebecca C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266179966692604794noreply@blogger.com