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Detroit's failings shows you what happens when a city reliant on a certain private industry can devolve into once the free market determines that labor is cheaper elsewhere.
Detroit's heydey was when there was a strong union in place that provided livable wages to the men and women that worked there.
Detroit auto industry also fell under the crushing weight of private healthcare costs, that keep American industries and manufacturing NON COMPETITIVE.
Foreign born workers make up 20% of the population and as I said these Indian and Arab communities already exist. Once more nationalist parties in Switzerland cannot muster 30% of the vote. On top of that Switzerland has a ton of liberal policies such as socialized health care.
There is no tribalism in Switzerland like there is in the US.
Switzerland is not disintegrating into tribalism like the US is.
I don't have any numbers, but I suppose Switzerland actually has more than its fair share of bureaucrats - because it is almost like four countries in one. That probably requires more parallel structures.
Anyway, Switzerland is so un-American, we would need to look at a big country with at least 50m people and one official language.
Ask Mogadishu. They literally have no government or taxes. Anti-tax people should move there.
I am a conservative and know many conservatives. Nobody I know of is "anti-tax". We are anti-wasteful spending and don't believe it's the government's responsibility to provide everything for everyone. Not only is that idiotic, it's impossible to accomplish. Government should be limited, small, not intrusive. That does not = No government or taxes.
Let me give you an analogy to help you comprehend. Say you have a family member who is down on their luck and in need of some money. You give them some cash to help out and they blow it on pot and booze instead of on college tuition, food, and rent. You help them out again and again, they blow it on booze. Do you then decide that it is a good idea to give them MORE money in the hopes that they will spend it constructively and responsibly? Or, do you pay for only their essentials (ie., food, tuition, rent) and limit any extras they want until they prove they can be responsible?
I am a conservative and know many conservatives. Nobody I know of is "anti-tax". We are anti-wasteful spending and don't believe it's the government's responsibility to provide everything for everyone. Not only is that idiotic, it's impossible to accomplish. Government should be limited, small, not intrusive. That does not = No government or taxes.
Most of the expenses are just in reaction to existing problems, for instance to fight poverty, racism, etc.
I don't think governments decide to spend money on something just for fun, they wouldn't even know what to spend it on as they lack imagination and proactive thinking.
So in my opinion the question is, should governments just watch problems and hope they will solve themselves?
Most of the expenses are just in reaction to existing problems, for instance to fight poverty, racism, etc.
I don't think governments decide to spend money on something just for fun, they wouldn't even know what to spend it on as they lack imagination and proactive thinking.
So in my opinion the question is, should governments just watch problems and hope they will solve themselves?
But look at all of the money we have thrown at "fighting poverty". Has it helped? Has our poverty rate decreased or increased (the past 3 years notwithstanding). Throwing money at a problem is not working. We have upp'ed the amount we throw at education and our test scores are plummeting. Once again, throwing money at a problem doesn't solve said problem. We need to evaluate new ways of tackling societal problems instead of just saying we need to pay more and more. Paying more has not improved a thing.
Foreign born workers make up 20% of the population and as I said these Indian and Arab communities already exist. Once more nationalist parties in Switzerland cannot muster 30% of the vote. On top of that Switzerland has a ton of liberal policies such as socialized health care. Switzerland is not a tea party paradise.
It's not a liberal paradise either. They worship their banks and even allow them to bring in capital from all over the world making them have one of the highest wealth disparities among socialist states, even higher than the U.S.
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