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Oh man... we here in the UK and EU look at the US with envy. Our governments are so inept to even understand basic economics (currently the UK is trying to tax itself to growth), whilst the US government is enabling their own people and US businesses to flourish in emerging markets like AI.

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You're not serious are you?

Also, the US is taxing its own citizen via tarrifs. $100+ billion and counting

This has to be a joke, right?

> we here in the UK and EU look at the US with envy.

Many in the US, including myself, are looking at the EU with increasing amounts of envy.

Until you come here and realise that your 300k US job only pays 60k here, of which you get taxed more than a third of it and then your taxes only buy you a 2 year NHS waiting list where by the time you get to see a doctor your tumour has grown to the size of a tennis ball and you’re going to die because you couldn’t get healthcare fast enough.

I'm well aware of the tradeoffs involved. Some of them, like the ability to get health care, aren't actually that different from the US.

Kind of amusing to bring up grasp of basic economics in praise of the Trump administration. Brits and Europeans have many opinions and emotions on that subject; envy isn't really one of them

I mean, our politicians have realized that they should attempt to take credit for AI too, without taxing any penguins or manufacturers' supply chains!

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