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Brazil is almost as big as the US, yet when the leftists came in and De Silva began turning the country into a Social-Democracy, their economy took off and people finally got out of poverty.
If they did, I think they'd find that much of that food stamp problem they are always carping about would be their baby in their new nation. Most of the red states average incomes are far below the poverty level that determines who qualifies for gov't assistance.
you can also think that if it happened, then blue states would have not much food or water to stuff their faces.
Brazil is almost as big as the US, yet when the leftists came in and De Silva began turning the country into a Social-Democracy, their economy took off and people finally got out of poverty.
Watching the NFL this past weekend I had to chuckle. A player was injured on the field and both teams players gathered together into a huddle to "pray" for the injured player. I thought to myself, how stupid and rediculous, like some magic words are going to help the guy. Europeans seeing this would just shake their heads in dumbfoundedness. I despise religion, and because of that, I also see the South as the most backward place in the entire country. Shove your religion where the sun don't shine.
You realize that most Europeans believe in a God or higher power? About 75%+. Don't mistake "going to church" with "believing in God".
That's funny.. have you seen the chaos in the NE when they can't get fuel / gas ? The Red States might leave but we'll take our Oil with us.
You can then burn wood and walk to work.
BTW, keep the Detroit Decay & Chicago Crime
Without the red states, we could finally move forward with wind, solar and nuclear. So no, we wouldn't need you.
California produces most of the nation's produce. And the blue states are the drivers of the modern-day economy (iPads, smart phones, Linux, nanotech, etc.).
You can't sell soybeans and cotton forever, my friend.
Uh you'd better cut off about the eastern half of all those states and pretty much ALL of Cali north of SF and most of Oregon south of Portland: that's "red" land. Even many parts of Mi and Ill are "red" once Chicagoland and so on are left off. Probably the same about Pa and upstate NY being red too.
That's leave the Calif strip from about SF to Mexico; Chicagoland, the Wash DC to Boston corridor, that's it. folks being "blue".
Brazil is almost as big as the US, yet when the leftists came in and De Silva began turning the country into a Social-Democracy, their economy took off and people finally got out of poverty.
Are you a moron or do you realize Brazil has one of the largest wealth gaps in the world?
The reason why poverty has improved is because the mountainside slums have finally received things like power and protection from the police. It is not like all the people who live in those slums are all of a sudden gaining wealth. They are just getting their living standards on par with any semi civilized society.
Brazil is the perfect example of how Government meddling and Crony Capitialism create gigantic wealth gaps.
While Latin America has made great strides in reducing poverty in recent years, paradoxically, the continent has witnessed a sharp widening of the income gap between the rich and the poor.
According to a study by the United Nations Agency for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat), on average, the wealthiest 20 percent of Latin Americans earn 20 times more than the 20 percent at the bottom.
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