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by nickpp 976 days ago
That excuse does not explain the fact that the government services are crappy no matter what wing is on power and that the costs and size of said government are ballooning every year. Come on, for half the money I make I get a handful of substandard services while the other half gets me everything else in my life?!

There are ~200 countries on the globe. In how many do you think the government works well? 10%? 20%? Certainly in a minority of them.