Re:Why Inequality Matters
by bjourne on Friday October 17, 2014 @07:31AM
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USA has a larger government compared to GDP than both China and Russia (42% vs 36% and 24%). There are no stats for North Korea. If you want to argue the free-market gospel, then you have to explain why almost all third world countries have small governments and very low taxes.
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Lol no they don't. Most third world countries actually have very strong authoritarian governments where any serious dissent is highly discouraged or even impossible. And even if they have low taxes, they sure compensate for that with regular currency debasement, widespread kleptocracy and stealing wealth from their citizens on a regular basis. This free-market "gospel" is based on hard facts, not some Marxist drivel.