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She’s clearly given so much away. She’s not virtue signaling here. But I do find it laughable that educated people think that giving their money to the governm
by listless 6y ago
She’s clearly given so much away. She’s not virtue signaling here.
But I do find it laughable that educated people think that giving their money to the government is a good idea. It’s one thing to donate to charities. It’s quite another to flush your money down the drain that is the ridiculously dysfunctional US government.
- dctoedt 6y ago> the ridiculously dysfunctional US government Granted, there's room for improvement, but that comment reflects pretty-extreme "the glass is half empty" thinking. It's actually freaking amazing that a continent-wide society of nearly 330 million people, of countless ethnicities, religions, and political views, can live as successfully as we collectively do. (Compare the standard of living of poor people in the U.S. with that of poor people in some developing countries.) Proxy evidence: It's not a coincidence that — by at least an order of magnitude — far more people move to the U.S. than from the U.S. "By a wide margin, the U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world." [0] [0] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/18/5-facts-about-the-u-s-rank-in-worldwide-migration/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/18/5-facts-abo...
- listless 6y agoThese are all great points, but I think this is largely in spite of the federal government. They aren’t coming here for the social safety net - they are coming for the opportunity afforded by free markets and low taxes.