@moonbus said
The thing is that they have confidence in their govt not to squander the taxes levied, and confidence in their fellow citizens not to bilk the system for undeserved ‘free stuff’ as you call it. The system clearly works there. Of course, neither condition is met in the USA. There is a large segment of the population which harbors a visceral distrust of govt., and there is a large segment of the population which is trapped in working-poverty.
My main thought? We have about $4T in revenues, Your pitiful old man Biden has a $6T budget, some of which pays college loans off. There is a list of other waste, but my point is, we do not have trust, confidence, in our government, our president.
So, no comparison. Maybe we should go like Finland and Romania etc, and people like me just suck it up, just stop what we are about. Damn.
I think I will cash out and fire all my many employees. They can then nurture their confidence in what is left......goverment. Like Zahalnzi, et al. Brrrrrrrr