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just to say it again. how can you stop some guy from lets say trinidad & tobago and use YOUR road lighting, bridges, streets, parks for free?
state actually has to provide such goods that are non-rivaling and non-exclusive. i wonder how your perfect state would handle this (i guess some private company would have to offer them, huh, i dont think it would be a cheap thing)
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all you republicans that hate obama for his "communist" behavior: YOU cried the most that the government didnt control the economy. on the other hand, you want the state out of everything, EXPLAIN THAT PLEASE...
False, it is not a reflection of the stupidity of the United States, it is a reflection of its political structure. The Democrats and Republicans are parties of mixed ideas combined to attain the most central goal for many parties. I'll break it down in a simple way: Say the country is divided into 5 groups, Very Liberal, Moderatley Liberal, Moderate, Moderatley Conservative, Very Conservative and the precentages are as follows:
VL - 16%
ML - 30%
M - 10%
MC - 32%
VC - 12%
Now in an election in which people voted for the exact party they wanted, the Moderatley Conservative party would win, so in the next election the Moderatley Liberal and Very Liberal Parties would combine, becausethey would rather have compromises on their ideals rather than a conservative victory, to fight that the Conservatives do the same thing so it is not a landslide. Now it looks like
VL/ML - 46%
VC/MC - 44%
M - 10%
Now the Liberals are at the advantage for winning the political position, and in the United States which is a winner take all single member district only needing a pluraility, this is wht results, not because of "stupid" people.
well, it might be roads, healthcare or whatever, the main thing is (you cant deny that): some stuff needs to be provided by the government (of course we can debate which stuff) so there are no free markets for all goods and hardly totally free markets in general
and to be honest, i would say that establishing a good healthcare system with the money that was "spend" in the iraq would have been the better choice.
of course your carrying a few suckers. but i am proud to live in a country thats not forgetting a widow (whose husband DID NOT die because he couldnt afford health care) that has to raise its children, some random guy that worked year after year and is dropped and cannot find a job right now, and even that guy (it was in newspapers here, no joke) that needs medication valued at around 1,000,000 € every year (idk, some blood disease).
i dont want you to think like i do, i hope youre as respectful as well.