Another reason entitlements need to go bye-bye

[Kassel]

Post this shit in offtopic

[Daldolma]

Originally Posted by Skope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Germany. Read their constitution, it may sound very familiar. In fact, it was based on the US constitution and revamped in such a manner that many scholars consider it a modern US constitution.

BTW, are you the type that cries during Barbasol commercials?

I'd give Germany at least a century of breathing room to gap the mass genocide of millions before anointing their government greater than the US government.

Fun fact: Germany passed a balanced budget amendment in 2009.

Other fun fact: The US is the richest, most powerful country in the world and there's not a close second.

inb4 10,000 angry replies.

[Barkingturtle]

Originally Posted by Kassel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Post this shit in offtopic

But then I couldn't tell you to go fuck yourself, you jizz-guzzling dick-brain. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Daldolma

I'd give Germany at least a century of breathing room to gap the mass genocide of millions before anointing their government greater than the US government.

Fun fact: Germany passed a balanced budget amendment in 2009.

Other fun fact: The US is the richest, most powerful country in the world and there's not a close second.

inb4 10,000 angry replies.

Isn't China on course to assume that throne?

[Barkingturtle]

Originally Posted by Daldolma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Other fun fact: The US is the richest, most powerful country in the world and there's not a close second.

We should have the highest standard of living then, yes? Perhaps be the healthiest and most educated society in the world, right? What with all our power and wealth and the inherent greatness of our citizenry, shouldn't we be living as well as fucking Norwegians, for Christ's sake? NORWEGIANS.

[Daldolma]

Originally Posted by Alex [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Isn't China on course to assume that throne?

US GDP was about $4.5 trillion, or almost a third, greater than China's for 2010.

Defense spending, nuclear weaponry, and military might isn't even close. And China likely isn't even #2.

[Skope]

Originally Posted by Alex [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Isn't China on course to assume that throne?

by ~2030. The debate on that date though is quite lively and it gets pushed up or pushed back quite frequently, so depending on who you listen to that figure is off by 5-30 years.

[Pico]

Originally Posted by Daldolma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'd give Germany at least a century of breathing room to gap the mass genocide of millions before anointing their government greater than the US government.

Fun fact: Germany passed a balanced budget amendment in 2009.

Other fun fact: The US is the richest, most powerful country in the world and there's not a close second.

inb4 10,000 angry replies.

fun fact, despite being the richest most powerful country in the world the US ranks far below every other first world country in quality of life lol

[Galanteer]

Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

shouldn't we be living as well as fucking Norwegians, for Christ's sake? NORWEGIANS.

lots and lots of oil money helps

[Daldolma]

Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We should have the highest standard of living then, yes? Perhaps be the healthiest and most educated society in the world, right? What with all our power and wealth and the inherent greatness of our citizenry, shouldn't we be living as well as fucking Norwegians, for Christ's sake? NORWEGIANS.

Norway's population is 5,000,000. They had one motherfucker go insane and start shooting kids and it took them 90 minutes to bring him down. It's a totally different country with a totally different role within the world.

The US population is almost 310,000,000. It's not possible to micromanage the standard of living for everyone the way a nation like Norway can. And anyway, that has never been the US's stated goal. The US's goal has always been to provide equality of opportunity, not equality of results. Whether or not they've been successful, it's a different mindset entirely.