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Democracies
The consumer is King -- and Queen. This list of democratic countries is recommended for consumers who want to buy products/goods or services from a democracy (1). The name of a country is on labels, websites, and envelopes. Consumers have powerful control over a country's standard of living and standard of government. Consumer spending is 2/3's of an economy. The remaining 1/3 is government and business spending. A country's standard of living and standard of government depends mostly on consumers. Paychecks are possible mainly because you buy goods and services for personal use and pay taxes. Therefore, your choices of products and services are important because they can play an important role in a country's standard of living and standard of government. Government officials salaries depend on their country's income tax and sales tax. Democracies that are government sanctioned tax havens for secret bank accounts (2) or havens for child trafficking (3) are excluded from the following list.
Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia
Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria
Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic
Denmark, Dominican Republic
El Salvador, Estonia
Finland, France
Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana
Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy
Japan
Kiribati
Lesotho, Lithuania
Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway
Palau, Peru, Poland, Portugal
Romania
Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden
Taiwan, Tonga
United States
(3) U.S. Dept. of State. Trafficking in Persons Report 2012. Tier 2 Watch List and Tier 3, p. 51-52.
For a list of U.S. states cutting global warming, see www.madeinstates.net
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