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Maybe not directly, but that's the cause. Most people want to live somewhere clean, with low crime, good infrastructure, and jobs. Most cities have tax-funded
by daenz 8y ago
Maybe not directly, but that's the cause. Most people want to live somewhere clean, with low crime, good infrastructure, and jobs. Most cities have tax-funded programs for all of those things. If they aren't on par, then there's two culprits: a) not enough tax dollars, b) taxes aren't being used effectively. Personally, I think it's almost always the latter. You can look at the historical effectiveness of most programs, and coincidentally, they seem to get less effective as more money becomes available.
- muzz 8y agoThere are other things that governments do besides tax and spend. Things like individual and civil rights and freedoms, etc.
- max76 8y agoThe United States doesn't have a monopoly on liberty and civil rights. 45% of all countries are "free" using The United State's own definition of the term [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House
- muzz 8y agoIndeed, seeking particular rights and freedoms might be a reason to live outside the United States.