GroovePuppy
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It is time to adapt or the US will end up like France or UK; Slightly socialistic, highly taxed, (if you think you are taxed now, just wait, and I am not talking about the new admin.), and without opportunity.
You have to be careful when you point out that the UK is "socialistic" and "highly taxed". The average standard of living in the UK may be slightly lower than the US but the people at the bottom are a lot better taken care of. It's not like the taxes disappear and you never see anything from them.
The US government and media keeps selling the message that even mild socialism is bad, not to mention taxation. They get to say that and everyone nods even though they never provide evidence. I heard a politician on NPR earlier this year say of Clinton's health plan "it's just European socialized medicine and that doesn't work". Now I lived in the UK for 35 years and people weren't exactly dying in the streets. People don't have to worry whether they can afford treatment at least.
"Taxation without representation" isn't unreasonable. Well you have representation and have had for a few hundred years. Pay up!