“I’d love to see an American government that wanted to serve all the people & help the disadvantaged & oppressed rather than helping the wealthy get wealthier…”
MatthewJB, I have lived in countries such as you describe, and in their egalitarian quest, everyone winds up equally poor. Give me a country with incentive for individuals to succeed, not one which wants to “spread the wealth around”.
DeeBerg13 has correctly described the incentives this country creates, and folks from those benevolent egalitarian nations (see above) often risk their very lives to come here.
“I’d love to see an American government that wanted to serve all the people & help the disadvantaged & oppressed rather than helping the wealthy get wealthier…”
MatthewJB, I have lived in countries such as you describe, and in their egalitarian quest, everyone winds up equally poor. Give me a country with incentive for individuals to succeed, not one which wants to “spread the wealth around”.
DeeBerg13 has correctly described the incentives this country creates, and folks from those benevolent egalitarian nations (see above) often risk their very lives to come here.