if you live in california you’re paying taxes on par with sweden. the problem isn’t our government has less money than the scandinavians. the problem is our government is incompetent.https://twitter.com/ejenk/status/1201340679407857667 …
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Genuinely curious: how do you fix that?
it's partly a cultural thing, so it's really hard. within the anglosphere industry is more greatly prized than politics, so our smartest young people tend to enter the private sector. but one idea i had was:https://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1162763405075181570?s=20 …
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Tripling the salary would obviously require raising the taxes? Also by the way, as someone who lived in both Denmark and California, I don't think the taxation is equal at all. One example I give people is that back when I was at Microsoft in Copenhagen, my roommate was a...
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"fire 2/3 of all government employees"
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no idea how to fix the cultural stuff, but some structural issues we ~might be able to resolve: 1/ set zoning laws at the national or state level (as in japan) 2/ remove or weaken discretionary review 3/ merge bay area local govts 4/ privatize bart/muni
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not sure about last 2. Was shocked to learn that japan's subways & railroads have been private since 1987. Not sure under what conditions it works well (japan) vs not well (pg&e? defense contractors?)
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A deep truth that few realize. As a European it surprised me deeply when I first came to the US.
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This sounds pat and intuitive, but then you learn that the number of federal government employees has in fact not grown since the 1960s. Perhaps we should try something different? Really recommend engaging with Dilulio’s ideas.https://conversationswithbillkristol.org/video/john-j-diiulio-jr/ …
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that’s not right. the TSA alone proves we’ve added tens of thousands of federal jobs since the early 2000s. in any case, most of my view here is colored by the local governance of SF.
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