This story shows America’s current caregiving regime is immoral. Our system punishes responsibility and rewards irresponsibility. Fortunately, most people are not irresponsible, which makes the system worse. America rewards an irresponsible minority while punishing the responsible majority. That is not how capitalism is supposed to work.
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Notably, the number of mobile homes in the United States has fallen dramatically. Statista estimates there were 6.8 million mobiles in the United States in 2014 that number fell to 2.88 million in 2020, 2.42 million in 2021, and 2.04 million in 2022. The number of mobile homes nationwide could fall below two million to 1.72 million in 2023, Statista projects.
I think the disappearance of mobile homes is a principal cause of the housing shortage. Hence, allowing mobile homes could alleviate the housing crisis.
Indeed, many of the presidents have been miserable in the White House and eight chief executives have died in office. One reason presidents are so miserable is all the things they cannot do.
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The advantage to proportional representation is that members of minority parties and groups get representation. For example, Democrats in Red states such as Texas and Republicans in Blue states such as California. Under our current system, Democrats in Red areas and Republicans in Blue areas get no representation in Congress or state legislatures.
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The bottom line is that in America today, illiberalism pays. As long as illiberalism pays it will endure.
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Politics might not seem the most glamorous of subjects because of its climate of cynicism, evolving political landscape, the abundance of controversial topics, and combative media attention.
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Scrapping the presidency seems radical to Americans. Yet the data show the presidency could be a threat to our freedom. It’s something to think about.
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Billionaires’ wealth raises some interesting questions. In particular, the possibility of eliminating some federal taxes.
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How rotten is the US Senate? Vox’s Ian Miller estimates 16% of the nation’s population elected half the US Senate in 2020. By Miller’s estimate, 25 US States contain 84% of the nation’s population, yet they get the same representation as the 25 states with 16% of the population.
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One of the worst policies America’s undemocratic government enforces is to keep housing prices as high as possible to benefit property owners and speculators. Thus, America’s housing bubble is the creation of America politics.
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