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ITS SO TIRESOME TO LISTEN TO THE AMERICANS DEBATE THINGS WITHOUT EVER LOOKING ABROAD TO SEE HOW OTHER NATIONS, OTHER PEOPLE, HAVE SOLVED THE SAME PROBLEMS.  THE BUDGET DEBATE IS JUST THE LATEST IN A TIRESOME VOLLEY OF ISOLATED AND INSULATED DEBATES.  THE AMERICANS PAY OVERALL MUCH LESS TAX THAN THE EUROPEANS.  THEY GET MUCH LESS IN RETURN FOR THE MONEY THEY DO PAY AND THERE IS A MUCH GREATER DISPARITY OF INCOME AND MUCH POORER EDUCATION AND HEALTH OUTCOMES.  IN GENERAL AMERICANS SUFFER BY THEIR IDEOLOGICAL STANCE.  THEY NEED TO BE MORE OPENMINDED, THEY NEED TO LOOK ABROAD FOR EXAMPLES OF OTHER SOLUTIONS AND THEY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEIR POLITICIANS ARE DOING FOR (OR TO) THEM.