Comments by "" (@jmitterii2) on "Town Meeting with Sen. Sanders and German Ambassador Pete Wittig" video.

  1. Individualistic society? Well, our old tradition was slavery, so I think not. Ben Franklin a founding father of the nation long prior brought notions of libraries, workshops, fire departments, etc. to the largest towns. Manifest destiny was fueled by massive land give aways as a homestead. Our railroad system was subsidized by the government. Later, the electrical grid and telephone system subsidized by our government. Our interstate freeway system was inspired by Germany's Autobahn. That bogus individualism is such utter nonsense; if that were the case we wouldn't have cities, public education, at least some laws supporting unions, at least a 40 hour work week, we wouldn't have over 100 large cities throughout our country. If we were some hair brain individualistic society we would look more like central Asia in shit stain backwaters of Afghanistan or the other stan countries. Fucking wild west free for all wasteland shit holes. And the US was a shit hole during the 1800's in the west. IT was the wild west. But that was before the territories became states, and before cities developed. Many small towns, some of them ghost towns, the people formed banks, and without actual certified police force, when such banks were robbed they would form a passe to go after the robbers because that was all the town's peoples' money the robbers took off with. That type of individualism? The lawlessness ended fairly quickly, whether initially by robber baron ranchers with their hired men (thugs) and appointed sheriffs, or town people elected mayor and sheriffs to later to actual elected representatives of that state from mayor, governor, judges, and legislative representatives of the state. I honestly haven't a clue what the fuck this fantasized individualism even means? Do you watch advertisements for charities for various starving people in Africa, slums in Central or South America or slums in India where they can't even organize to build proper sewer systems and think they're celebrating wonderful individualism, and think darn look at their wonderful individualism! And actually Germany's taxes are about the same individuals or families pay, in fact with their deductions for children its less than ours for income earners taxable income of $75K individual or less and married/joint $125K in US dollars taxable dollars rates are lower in Germany. Its income earners above those amounts that see higher higher taxes than our higher income earners. Basically, the elites their pay a higher rate than ours. Oh no. 15% of the upper crust pay a bit more in taxes, they might not afford 5 houses, instead they'll just need to get by with 2 or 3 houses.
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