That's scary af

In Germany we would call that "Gemeinde", if it is at that level it usually (not always) works pretty well, a step above that (Kreis) also. But at the "Land" level the Problem starts showing. And on the "Germany" Level you can forget everything, its a total clusterfuck

The state is centralization. If the state is subject to the same market forces as the private sector, it will become decentralized.

https://youtu.be/K2_dPLBlvDI

https://youtu.be/ZOVkYAxHvkk

@halfthink If you do that stuff at the lowest, most local level, that isn't centralized 😉

*>A state is a compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a certain geographical territory.*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)

Abolish dat yo.

Spooky.
https://youtu.be/vM67GxPjg9E

Is it true that Trump has caused the national debt to increase?

Specifically that the raise is Trump's fault, simply the fact that it's gone up is kind of irrelevant

Kinda

It's due to the tax cut that he signed

You could also blame Republicans for not cutting spending

Ah

The tax cut he signed could have been a lot better imo, but it also could have been a lot worse

We need to get an accountant into the office. Like it's not hard to balance a budget. Look at the last 3-5 years of tax income rev, low ball the number a bit, and just cut back everything the same amount.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PibiZBJUpJc

@Grenade123 but but cutting any spending other than military is bad!!!!

honestly even though im mostly republican and conservative i agree that the military has way too much of the budget and we need to cut back on spending for them

like theres security and defense and then theres

oof

TBF, we spend more on education than military and we get snowflakes out of schools

americans need to reinstate draft

easy life makes weak people

2 years of slogging in the shit would do wonders and give people some perspective

maybe a foreign legion analog

can't really say about the mexicaners invading the usa but at least the folk rushing europe at the moment are definitely a) not willing to fight or they wouldn't have left b) the kind of people you'd want to give guns to

the problem in america is two fold

the ideological corruption of the cult of intersectionality, and the overwhelming democratic corruption and thirst for power

ffs everyone with a fully functioning brain and the basic facts can piece together that the democrats don't want a wall because A) orange man bad and B) immigrants vote democrat, legal or illegal

but combine that with the appalling villainization of masculinity of all kinds, and it just spirals out.

^^

not just Immigrants, ALL minority vote democrat

minorities*

what would yo say the DoD get in percentage of the federal budget?

I went to wikipedia yo sate my curiosity. The US federal spending on military/DoD is 15%

IIRC the education budget is 30 bil over defense ATM

Looking over the numbers in that table. The US is spending more per citizen on welfare programs (social security, medicare, medicaid, income security) than my country does. Are all Americans retiring from old age to government mansions with gold cutlery?

No, the system is just bloated, if its anything like Social Security employees are in my country, they work for 20 years and retire with full benefits.