[fardinahsan]

> Yes, taxes are higher. But so is average quality of life, as opposed to average GDP

What does the second part of the sentence have anything to do with creating tech companies?

[jacquesm]

GDP always gets trotted out as if it is a holy grail and a benchmark for social welfare, which it isn't so think of it as a (failed) preemptive strike against getting a longer comment thread.