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Jobs. In Luxemburg, if you try working over three months, you must request permission. Point is to prevent boat anchors from hanging out in the country either jobless or those evading taxes. Accountability. Amazing when it is expected/demanded by the citizens.
In France abortion is legal "on demand" for the first 12 weeks. "On Demand includes a week long "cooling off period" before a desired abortion can be scheduled.
after 12 weeks, 2 drs have to certify the pregnancy is a serious danger to the mother or the child will suffer incurable and terrible defect.
Liberals LOVE to hold European countries up as the example we should follow. What they neglect to inform people of is exactly how all those wonderful social and safety net programs are funded: on the backs of the middle class and poor. European countries tax REGRESSIVELY (as opposed to the U.S.'s progressive tax system), and they legally allow their rich to hide assets and income in foreign accounts so that their income and capital gains aren't even taxed at all.
Details? The Constitution provides for post roads therefore the interstate system as well as US highways are OK for federal funding. State highways, country roads and city streets are appropriately named based on who is responsible for their upkeep. Rail - the owners of the rail.
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Originally Posted by PyroZach
I have admired Portugals drug regulation system since 2014. The United States has failed in it's War On Drugs and if anything made it worse. It's time we legalize, regulate and tax the use of drugs in this country. We will lower drug consumption and overdoses under legalization and with reasonable taxation drug users will purchase drugs created in the United States are a heavily regulated system instead of relying on the black market. It's very possible and in a country that is considered free I believe that it is time we legalize drugs. I can be more specific if anyone ask.
Why legalize something that the federal government never had the power to make illegal? It took an Amendment to the Constitution to make the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal. Why did it only take a law to make drugs illegal? This is a state issue.
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Just healthcare and better public transportation such as trains and subways. Europe unemployment is 11% versus 5.1% in the USA. They also have a much lower average income and wealth. We can adopt the 30 hour work week with the understanding that it most likely will result in lower incomes.
Those are city and metro area issues, not federal issues.
Just healthcare and better public transportation such as trains and subways. Europe unemployment is 11% versus 5.1% in the USA. They also have a much lower average income and wealth. We can adopt the 30 hour work week with the understanding that it most likely will result in lower incomes.
There is a huge difference between southern Europe and northern Europe though. Southern Europe is more like Mexico while Northern Europe is more like America.
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