Reply #10: Do you have a specific question? [View All]

[Romberry]

I gave specifics. Great disparity of wealth. A social safety net that is basically nonexistent. Crowded slums down the street from four star hotels. A populace that would by and large rather be somewhere else. Maybe I should talk about a tax system that does not tax any form of income from dividends and capital gains but does tax the wages of labor? (The only mitigating factor when it comes to such an inherently regressive system is that most workers in Hong Kong are too poor to be "burdened" with any income tax at all. Those "Lucky Duckies!")

If you are rich, Hong Kong is paradise. If you are poor, it is hell. Is that specific enough?