“America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.”
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In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending, ' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground.
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
