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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