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Originally Posted by strat61caster
Guess I'm just a byproduct of my 17 years of public education, the government has given me a decent leg up on life. It's not perfect and it never will be but I'll take it over nothing and it can be improved. I also enjoy smooth well kept roads over shitty ones, clean accessible water and consistent electricity but that's just me.
Just look at the current state of internet access or the old Enron scandal for the joys of deregulation.
I'd gladly take the old U.S. top tier tax rate of 90% back in the fifties over living in a true small government country like Somalia. Especially since back then in the U.S. minimum wage could actually put a roof over your head, food in your belly and leave you with a decent amount of leisure time to boot.
My uncle always talks about how he lived in a garage for $50/month while going to college, back then you could work a minimum wage job for 3 months (i.e. a summer at McDonalds 40hrs a week) and have enough money to study full time the rest of the year at a respectable public university.
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I grew up and live in the DC metro area. Nearly every one I know works for the Federal government, for a government contractor, for lobbyists, or for a law firm/accounting firm closely associated with governmental work. I'm a little bit jaded about how people spend other people's money.