Why has the cost doubled?

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Submitted by Jordan Lund (United States), Sep 20, 2010 17:54

"Why should the cost of "civilized society" have nearly doubled?"

Well, let's see here... the population in the United States increased from approximately 120 million in 1927 to 330 million today, that's nearly triple.

From 2003 to present we fought wars in two different far off countries and at the same time reduced our ability to pay for those wars.

Our national infrastructure, built during the Eisenhower administration, is crumbling and needs to be re-built, but in the era in which it was built the top tax rate was between 91% and 92%.

That's three reasons I can think of off the top of my head.

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the loss of opportunity?? [123 words]	Maggie	Oct 24, 2010 09:44
Go back to the Eisenhower-era taxes [138 words]	Ross	Oct 5, 2010 04:48
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↔ Dear Rich People: Go on Strike, Proudly [109 words]	Richard M. Salsman	Sep 22, 2010 17:25
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Our government does more now [w/response] [193 words]	ben	Sep 20, 2010 21:17
↔ Luck, or hard work and good decisions? [168 words]	Ben L	Sep 25, 2010 10:09
Spot on [74 words]	Red Cabbage	Sep 20, 2010 18:41
⇒ Why has the cost doubled? [106 words]	Jordan Lund	Sep 20, 2010 17:54
↔ Why has the cost doubled [23 words]	Stephan	Sep 20, 2010 23:46
Hurray for Krugman [18 words]	John Smith	Sep 20, 2010 13:43

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