RE: Where’s the “Bring back American jobs now” guy?
How can you bring America’s jobs back when the economy is getting less and less free?
Who’s going to want to start businesses or even hire under such conditions?
Bingo. Bureaucracies and bureaucrats are toxic to entrepreneurs and growth.
If disinterested third parties were so smart, they’d be interested first parties building businesses and making profit. I’m always amazed at calls for more regulation. Have these people ever met a regulator?
That's according to the Heritage world rankings. Let's get serious and look closer at this 'comparison':
| Country | Population (Millions) |
| Hong Kong | 7.2 |
| Singapore | 5.4 |
| Australia | 22.8 |
| Switzerland | 8 |
| New Zealand | 4.4 |
| Canada | 34.8 |
| Chile | 17.4 |
| Mauritius | 1.3 |
| Ireland | 4.6 |
| Denmark | 5.6 |
| Estonia | 1.3 |
| United States | 314.2 |
Reality is that we rank #12 behind a bunch of duchies and principalities. Here's the Heritage list showing ranks of nations w/ pop's > 50M:
| 1 | _ | United States | … | 14 | _ | Brazil |
| 2 | _ | United Kingdom | … | 15 | _ | India |
| 3 | _ | Germany | … | 16 | _ | Pakistan |
| 4 | _ | Japan | … | 17 | _ | Nigeria |
| 5 | _ | Korea, South | … | 18 | _ | Bangladesh |
| 6 | _ | Mexico | … | 19 | _ | Egypt |
| 7 | _ | Turkey | … | 20 | _ | China |
| 8 | _ | France | … | 21 | _ | Russia |
| 9 | _ | Thailand | … | 22 | _ | Vietnam |
| 10 | _ | South Africa | … | 23 | _ | Ethiopia |
| 11 | _ | Italy | … | 24 | _ | Burma |
| 12 | _ | Philippines | … | 25 | _ | Congo |
| 13 | _ | Indonesia | … | 26 | _ | Iran |
We're number 1 among the grown-ups.