Tell him to go to Canada; then he'll see the results of the Workers Paradise Syndrome. I told my boss when I had my review that I am used to working for three people and that I have a lot of spare capacity -- she said that most of the people who worked for her in the past needed overtime to keep up with 1/3 the work I did in the USA.
Look at the people in Florida whining "Where's my gubmint ice? Where's my gubmint water? Where's my gubmint gasoline?" Do you really want to live in a place where this is the national anthem?
PS: Contrary to popular belief, everyone on Earth is not entitled to drive a car. If you can't afford gas, sell the car and take the bus. Or ride a bike.
Interesting post, thank you.
I note that Sweden and Canada are usually put forward by "liberals" as examples of countries where socialist societies compete favorably with the United States.
My usual reply to that is that those countries are not purely socialist, they continue to allow the existence of capitalism as a necessary host for the parasitic socialists.
I once took an art class in which one student was a Canadian. Interstingly, and accurately, she once mentioned in conversation that while the American form of government was based on freedom, in Canada the government concentrated on "fairness." Of course, the drawback to that (socialism) is that giving the state the power to decide what would be "fair" for everyone means giving the state endless power.
I'm in south Florida, just went through the hurricane in question, which was not one of the strongest to hit the state by any means. A minimum of houses were badly damaged, but the entire southern half of the state lost electricity for some days. But as Jeb said, "how much trouble is it to have 5 days supply of water on hand?" But I guess even here in America we have moved far enough in the direction of socialism that thousands of Floridians now give no thought to hurricane preparations, having already given responsibility for their lives over to the government.