How Much Central Government Is Too Much?

I knew it! Albanian?

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It only exists because we believe in it.

If the world collectively decided money didn’t matter anymore, it wouldn’t matter.

Exactly my point. Well said. :+1:

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Sure… :thinking:…why not.
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No.
Strnje Mnje binje.
Romanian.
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I think giving them recycled tanks and bombs is ok.
They have to be replaced after a while anyway.

And feeding the kids…I am all for it.
But support for lesbiens in Guatemala or voting practices in Bangladesh needs to go.
That’s a waste of hard-earned dollars.

Wow, I wonder, when was the first transcontental railway finished?

When was the national highway system completed?

Those “roads” you mentioned were often nothing more than dirt paths.

Btw:
The first concrete street in America is Court Avenue in Bellefontaine, Ohio. It was paved in 1893 and is located adjacent to the Logan County Courthouse. The paving was spearheaded by George Bartholomew, who convinced the city council to try concrete as an alternative to brick.

I live 25ish mins from there btw. Notice it was paid for by local govt.

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Y’all know who compares hourly workers to slaves?

Losers. :wink:

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Billionaires overwhelmingly support Pubs over Dems One party cuts taxes and regulatioons, the other party raises taxes and enforces regulations.

Of the total $1.9 billion spent by America’s richest families on all federal campaigns, $1.36 billion (72%) went to support Republicans while Democrats were buoyed by about $413 million (22%). (The remaining 6% backed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and other causes). Like their standard bearers, Republican congressional candidates generally back lowering taxes on the rich and corporations, while Democrats seek to raise them.

Indeed, the concept the majority of people believe a piece of paper is worth something, is mind boggling,

Today government gets much more than 10%.

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I’m a believer in that most things ultimately come down to system design. We find problems and we design systems to fix said problems.

Money was solving the problem of making capital portable. Of making capital exchange easier with a standardized system that anyone could easily understand. I have 100 dollars and this item is 80 dollars. Basically imo.

I think the issue comes for me comes down to the fact the system of “money” interchange doesn’t really consider human rights in the equation. And thus, this may sound socialist of me, I don’t think everything should be based on the idea of money. For example I think healthcare should be completely separated from the idea of money and finance. Because from that standpoint, it’s always a net loss financially on the system. But as humans, we should have a fundamental right to medical care when we need it.

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That would mean giving you a right to someone else’s labor.

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Yes it is ultimately one of those unstoppable forces hitting an immovable object sort of problem.

Although, under a true flat tax, that would probably be more than enough.

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It’s not a problem at all, until someone starts feeling entitled to someone else’s labor. Only then is it a problem.

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That’s true. But the issue is how do we reconcile the need for healthcare with the idea of taxation for public good? If we go to the logical extreme with this, the state wouldn’t have any organs at all. No military, no NASA, no justice system, etc.

First thing we do is teach our children not to eat the trash that made us all sick and thereby mitigate 90+% of future chronic illnesses.

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Too much money making those cheap trash foods.