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To: george76

The free market has ups and downs, subject to the whims of the marketplace.

Hong Kong is a little island state, previously British, now Chinese. They have no oil, mines, or timber. Yet they have a thriving economy. Why?


18 posted on 02/08/2016 11:19:17 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: SpaceBar

Free enterprise, lower government regulations / overhead, etc.


19 posted on 02/08/2016 11:21:05 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: SpaceBar
Hong Kong is a little island state, previously British, now Chinese. They have no oil, mines, or timber. Yet they have a thriving economy. Why?

Raw capitalism.

23 posted on 02/08/2016 11:28:12 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: SpaceBar

Socialism? Where’s my free prize?


25 posted on 02/08/2016 11:31:56 PM PST by Paladin2 (w)
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To: SpaceBar

banking or they serve as a shipping point for international trade or both.


28 posted on 02/08/2016 11:56:34 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: SpaceBar

Hong Kong has some of the lowest cooperate income tax in the world, also a flat low personal income tax, and low or no capital gains tax, it is little wonder why their economy is going strong.


64 posted on 02/09/2016 7:24:28 PM PST by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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