Nobody has a job or pays taxes, but the the state can afford to constantly pay out $2000 for every new citizen and occasionally massive bounties.
Well, the state does claim houses and money whenever someone dies and perhaps there is a Goods and Services tax on tools sales and renovations?
]]>-This is a manufacturer's paradise: you have a captive market for high priced, shoddy goods that break after using exactly once.
-Amazon Prime cuts down on your margins, though.
-On the other hand, nobody lives long enough to survive the wait times with customer service.
-Plus, it's not like anyone has a phone to call customer service in the first place.
-Police here are like Swiss keystone cops: they usually arrive after the robber has left, but always exactly 10 minutes after a robbery has commenced.