Only to the extent that it referred to factual numbers. Do you have contradictory information you'd like to share with the rest of us on Kansas's current state of affairs?
sorry, I didn't know you were mute and can't speak English or put into words something you read, but I am interested in the subject, so I will click on the link when I get around to it. Talk about a buzz burner. You try to carry on a conversation with somebody and all they can do is post a link. Reminds me kind of that taxi cab driver who had all the info filed away but couldn't communicate with other human beings. In the meantime read www.whylowtaxesgood.com
You mean you wish to be spoon fed information rather than reading it yourself, or even bothering to look for it? Lethargy must be a real drag...
no, I don't come to ET to read links. If you can't explain it in words well then let's all of us go to a link based vocabulary. You post your link, and I will goggle search and post my opposing link. some are trying to learn, others are trying to win
and some can't come up with an intelligent reply so constantly just resort to a snarky reply which they think makes them save face but after a while gets really old. So that is your words of wisdom for the day? "Some are just a pain in the ass"? And how does that reply help us or your cause in any way?
Socialism seems to work surprisingly well in some smaller developed countries with relatively homogeneous populations where the general level of education is relatively high. Although all modern economies in industrialized nations are mixed economies,i.e., there are no examples of pure socialism or pure capitalism, the Northern lying countries of Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden have made a proportionately high socialism component work very well for them. I would think, going forward, civil tranquility and equality in Sweden may be threatened somewhat by the relatively high number of asylum seekers and political refugees they have admitted over the years. It may be true that no good deed goes unpunished. The Iroquois nation in Northeastern North America was an example of an apparently successful communist nation. It wasn't the collective nature of their society, or lack of private property, that proved to be their downfall. It was factors attendant with the invasion of European colonists, and ultimately, being on the wrong side in war. When it comes to choosing which form of government's best, the choices must of necessity be made according to the criteria of the time. One of the better criteria for judging, in hindsight, relative success would be how long it takes any form of government to reach its zenith of fairness, efficacy and efficiency, and how long thereafter it takes for the governed to revolt, or be conquered, and start afresh. By that criterion, the Iroquois, the Romans, and the British have proved to have had among the more successful forms of government. What analysis seems to show is that there is no one best form. Each must be selected according to circumstances, and can only be properly judged retrospectively as to success or failure.
I thought it was more polite than "STFU." The very subject has been discussed at length right here at ET. Do a search here if Google is too far away for you. I'd hate for you to strain yourself.
oh piezoe, I never know where to start with you. What do Finland, Norway, Sweden and what ever other country you mentioned have in common? They are all predominately protestant. As opposed to Italy and France and you know what they are. If you want to see pure socialism in operation go to Mali. There, whatever good luck befalls you belongs to the whole village. When we moved some family from socialist Mali to capitalist USA we had a little picnic by the lake and they said, "USA is so nice! We can actually have a pleasant picnic by this beautiful lake (there are no lakes in Mali), If this was Mali as soon as we showed up with food everybody would be demanding we share until it is all gone."