If Only They Didn't Speak English - Government
- Created by: elliethornton11
- Created on: 03-09-22 22:16
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- Government
- anti-council propaganda
- clean your own pavement, be weirdly close to neighbours
- council can't afford to repair or sweep roads after snow - which is like an apocalypse
- litter doesn't exist
- can't fix bridges so how does it do anything else?
- polls
- 1958 - 75% trusted federal govt to do right thing
- now - only 19%
- Democrats vs Republicans
- both think govt should care for elderly
- Republicans don't like helping poor young families
- Republicans like Washington if they're in power but are still suspicious
- Democrats like govt more
- people move about for tax
- not done in the UK because tax is the same everywhere
- even though Scotland has the right to change it - they don't
- 7 states without income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, S Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wyoming
- this is a problem because nothing works
- not done in the UK because tax is the same everywhere
- poor infrastructure
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said in 2016...
- state and local spending was at a 30-year low
- this included schools and wastewater treatment
- state and local spending was at a 30-year low
- total capital spending as a share of state GDP had fallen in all but 5 states
- American Society of Civil Engineers said in 2013
- to modernise America's infrastructure would cost $3.4 trillion
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said in 2016...
- the govt's job is to...
- keep people safe
- deal with weather
- strengthen economy, provide education, retirement income, healthcare, poverty help
- they want a small govt which does a lot
- Pew Research Center
- which is more important?
- freedom to achieve goals
- 58% of Americans
- 1/3 Britain, Spain, France, Germany
- ensured without need
- 1/3 Americans
- 2/3 West Europe
- freedom to achieve goals
- which is more important?
- libertarianism
- maximum freedom, minimum govt
- didn't like spy agency spying
- all went a bit Person of Interest
- party spent less money on national security, repeal drug laws, seatbelt and crash helmet laws
- right to roam
- anti-council propaganda
- anti-Washington
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