The reason why taxes in the U.S. have taken on a pejorative association, as mentioned in the article, is that a few rich, right-wing families began 30 years ago funding think tanks and media sources dedicated to convincing Americans that greed is good and taxes are bad. They’re still doing it, and we’re still suffering the results, with no equivalent research, message formation, and message propagation on the so-called progressive side.
Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com
great post. Will the US ever figure this out?
Posted by Mike at May 15, 2009 10:17 AMrepublicans(ronnie ray-gun was great at this) will always refute that the lazy "minorities" are the reason we can't have taxes or "li'brul" social programs...
shorter rascist arguments: you wanna support all them lazy ni**ers?
and as suggested the fascist pukes would much rather fund killing the "other" and "think tanks" that rationalize genocide....
Posted by headxray at May 15, 2009 11:10 AMFurther down in the rankings we have:
Other notable results include:
23 - USA
35 - Germany
41 - UK
62 - France
82 - China
90 - Japan
125 - India
167 - Russia
The USA beats our European friends we are so trying to emulate handily.
If socialistic programs are the key to happiness then why are countries like Germany, France and China so far down the list?
Posted by manapp99 at May 16, 2009 08:22 AMman-ape, for you to state facts you must provide a link... if not, you are talking out your ass.
Posted by Seven of Six at May 16, 2009 10:39 AMOne problem with your argument, manapp99, is that China is not a socialist state. It is a dictatorial oligarchy masquerading as a communist state, just as the USSR used to be. The US is fast becoming a dictatorial oligarchy also, but we instead masquerade as republican capitalists.
Almost every other nation on the list besides China has a coalition government (part socialist, part capitalist, part communist, part who-knows-what), in differing ratios depending on which country you are referring to. And most of those governments are loosely based on our own model right here in the US. In other words, the US isn't trying to emulate them, they are trying to emulate us, mostly with the same results we get: bad ones, at least in terms of satisfying their populations.
Put that way, your list begins to makes sense, doesn't it?
Posted by JayDee at May 17, 2009 09:26 PM