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I'm not talking about taxes in particular, I'm just talking about government in general. The US federal government is 20x larger than that of the Netherlands.

by avalys 5y ago

I'm not talking about taxes in particular, I'm just talking about government in general. The US federal government is 20x larger than that of the Netherlands. The US is also more economically, socially, and ethnically diverse than the Netherlands. Larger systems are harder to manage.

kerkeslager 5y ago
> I'm not talking about taxes in particular, I'm just talking about government in general. Then stop doing that, and talk about the situation at hand, using the evidence in front of you. Even if "free market good, government bad" were a good rule of thumb (which it isn't), it clearly isn't working in this situation, so it's irrelevant.