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[–] brother_tempus ago
As i said .. such socilaist policie are old and failed
All one has to look at is Cuba, Venezuela, and Greece and Italy and Portugal .. even France - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-08/au-revoir-to-france-s-welfare-model-as-socialists-cut-spending
And when we look at the Scandinavian counties that are doing a lot better than Europe, we see it is less government, less taxes and more freedom that works
https://mises.org/library/how-modern-sweden-profits-success-its-free-market-history
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21571136-politicians-both-right-and-left-could-learn-nordic-countries-next-supermodel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG51uCrYxVM
[–] Kurplow [S] ago
Regarding Sweden: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Tax-Revenues-As-GDP-Percentage-%2875-05%29.JPG
Tell me again about how small the government is in Sweden, one of your success stories.
You can repeat the tired trope that socialism is a failed system, but you do so at the cost of your comporting with reality.
[–] brother_tempus ago
Tax revenues as a percentage of GDP <> high taxes,
I have already sourced it ... you did'nt bother reading per your quick response .. so you are either trolling or are happy to remain blissfully ignorant to any facts or data barbecue your faith in government is all you need
So which is it?