we agree on the balancing act.. i think it is also related to what the gvnmnt does with the $. places that tax hard and give stuff back can get away with it, tax nothing like the U.S. used to do and give nothing but pure opportunity and that works too...

i'm going to look into the numbers thing. if what you say is true it's like i sell stuff to myself and become a multi-million $ company and that's legit...