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Sentence #2932644

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raggione raggione December 17, 2013 December 17, 2013 at 7:44:34 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Hi Pat,
I just read a comment on the British PM that said: "There is no room for complacency", and I remembered this sentence.

"... if they made complacency taxable" - what do you think?

patgfisher patgfisher December 17, 2013 December 17, 2013 at 9:37:55 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Hi John
Yes, complacency is much better and I almost put it in in the first instance.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2932384Alle Wirtschaftsprobleme wären zu lösen, wenn man die Selbstgefälligkeit steuerpflichtig machte..

All economic problems would be solved, if they made self-satisfaction taxable.

added by patgfisher, December 15, 2013

All economic problems would be solved, if they made complacency taxable.

edited by patgfisher, December 17, 2013