bripat9643
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Bripat, why are you continuing to avoid responding to this post? What's the problem?
I'm just glad everyone can see the bitch you are on full display.
I don't know which policies Heritage used to make their determinations. I trust their judgement. You can learn what you want to know at their website.
Of course, we all know you just want to use the same tactic you used when I said Singapore was a good example of a market economy and you tried to claim that meant I supported its healthcare system.
Try your sleazy tactics on someone who is willing to play those games.
I'll throw you a bone and post one thing Heritage says about Australia:
Australia Economy: Population, GDP, Inflation, Business, Trade, FDI, Corruption
Australia has a 1.8 percent average tariff rate. The government has reduced tariff and non-tariff barriers both unilaterally and through negotiated trade agreements. Foreign investment in a few sensitive sectors is limited. The open financial sector is highly competitive and well-developed. All banks are privately owned, and prudent regulations have allowed them to withstand the global financial turmoil with little disruption.
You can read the rest at the link posted.
Oh good, the bitch comes crawling back.
So you "don't know which policies Heritage uses to make their determinations" but you do know that "the higher up on the list, the less socialism". How do you know that? Does Heritage say that anywhere? Or perhaps, you got caught talking directly out of your ass like you always do?
So you picked Australia as being "less socialist" than our country. Let's take a look. This is all taken from your source, that way you can't go bashing my data.
Taxes - Australias top individual tax rate is 45 percent, and the top corporate tax rate is 30 percent. Other taxes include a value-added-tax (VAT) and a capital gains tax. The carbon tax has been abandoned for a cap-and-trade system. The overall tax burden has fallen to 25.6 percent of GDP.
Energy - A carbon pricing scheme encourages consumers to use alternative energy sources that otherwise would not be economically viable.
Those sound "less socialist" than what we have here? Do you advocate we adopt those "freer" policies in the U.S.?
And finally, you mention the tariff rate, Australia and the U.S. have very comparable tariff rates so I don't know what you think you were proving by posting that. Actually, yes I do. You read each of the bullet points on the Heritage site about why Australia is "freer" than the U.S. and realized that none of them supported your asinine statement that the higher on the list, the less the socialism, so you went with the only one you possibly could post without looking like the complete uneducated asshole that we both know that you are.
So maybe it's time for you to admit you don't know what the fuck you're talking about and have literally no clue what socialism means.
If that were the only criteria used to determine the amount of economic freedom, then it would be more socialistic than the United States, you fucking dolt. However, taxes are only one of the criteria. You deliberately ignored the rest because you're a dishonest scumbag. It's pointless to argue with people who can't be honest.
As indicated, the overall tax burden in Australia is lower than in the United States
Australia Economy: Population, GDP, Inflation, Business, Trade, FDI, Corruption
The overall tax burden has fallen to 25.6 percent of GDP. Government spending amounts to 35.3 percent of total domestic output, and public debt remains at 27.6 percent of GDP.
Your sleazy attempts to focus on one or two details and base the entire comparison on that aren't fooling anyone aside from other brainwashed Obama dick sucking drones like you