Re:The Grim Secret of Nordic Happiness: Reasonable Expectations
by krapp on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:19PM
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> and it is maddening that the US entirely lacks a sovereign wealth fund for its citizens. Come on
But that would be socialism and socialism is bad.
Better to have everyone pull themselves up by their bootstraps than have them be debased by a government that actually provides for their welfare, like they're babies. Americans aren't babies, Americans are cowboys. Cowboys don't need a sovereign wealth fund or a nanny state, they just need a Bible, a gun and a good horse. All of which they're welcome to purchase at free market value.
Re:The Grim Secret of Nordic Happiness: Reasonable Expectations
by mech987 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:30PM
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You're free to give as much extra taxes to the government as you want to help reduce the debt and get us closer to that sovereign wealth fund. I'd appreciate it.
But that would be socialism and socialism is bad.
Better to have everyone pull themselves up by their bootstraps than have them be debased by a government that actually provides for their welfare, like they're babies. Americans aren't babies, Americans are cowboys. Cowboys don't need a sovereign wealth fund or a nanny state, they just need a Bible, a gun and a good horse. All of which they're welcome to purchase at free market value.