| spurgeonryan said: Did you read the post by KSV up above? It seems Americans whine a lot! Because other countries pay double , sometimes triple what we do for things. |
Thing is, if something used to cost 2 bucks, and then it costs 3, it doesn't really matter that it costs 9 dollars a gallon in Denmark and 10 dollars in Norway (which it does right now). So I understand people are upset to pay $4, but that's what we paid over here 15-20 years ago, so it's hard to feel sorry for you.
Americans how gotten used to these low tax levels now, so it's hard to raise it. Even tho it would be the most sound thing to fix the economy. Everyone is drinking the Ron Paul kool-aid, but a society doesn't just develop well just left alone, you need someone to GOVERN. That's why every society has leaders, but your leaders need some wiggle-room to do something.
Unfortunately, as others have mentioned, the broken political culture in Washington makes it impossible to do any big changes. The 40/60 filibuster (remember when you actually had to STAND THERE AND TALK to filibuster, not just claim you would?) will make sure that you will almost never have a functioning government where decisions can actually happen, since the voters are split in the middle and always will be in a two-party system.
