you didn’t address their tax rates. explain how their taxes today are like the Soviets.
I’m not suggesting that their tax rates are worse than ours. I’m saying that their system of government and the complete lack of constitutional guarantees on basic rights make the prospect of life in Russia less than ideal. I’m an American. I love my country. I hate the government of the last few decades, because they have strayed ( purposefully in my view) from the guarantees Enshrined in the Bill of Rights. However, to hold up Russia of all countries as something that we should inspire to is the height of naïveté. I have great hopes for the future in this country, because I believe the people are finally waking up. Just as I was in the 80s, I continue to look at Russia with a wary eye.