The U.S. debt burden would be eliminated almost immediately if Congress would implement tax measures of the sort that Canada and most Western countries have. The fact that Congress won’t do so is deeply damaging to the U.S. economy and its citizens’ livelihood, but it’s not inevitably related to America’s standing in the world.
If this clown could multiply...we could double our tax burden and still have a deficit. In the meantime, our economy would look a lot more like Europe than it already does.
But the bottom line is that all the places he uses as examples of what the US should do to fix its debt problem are in far worse shape because of the very policies he is advocating. And they aren't carrying the military costs of the western world either.
“In the meantime, our economy would look a lot more like Europe than it already does.”
That is their point. They seem to think countries are graded like Jr. College “curve” and our lose is their gain, oh at least relatively.
Understand NONE of the other Countries espacially the Europeans are really cheering for the USA. Envy and jealousy lead them around by the nose.