Fucking do something, @repbonamici.bsky.social

What he was thinking was obviously "Denmark has a nice piece of ice."

I think of this song often

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I don't think France would do anything unless and until all of Europe is ready to act. I can't imagine a centrist (read center rightist) like Macron would be keen. The Spanish government (likely with Denmark) will be the force pushing the rest of the continent into action, if anything.

These are prerequisite conditions for a war of territorial expansion.

This is all crazy, but crazy times may require crazy thinking.

This is assuming that the US military hasn't already invaded both of these countries.

If the US were to take Mexico and Central America down to Panama, as they seem keen to do, it means an amphibious invasion akin to D- day would be necessary.

Canada would need to be bolstered to hold two fronts (Alaska and the lower 48) though might be best to pursue the same strategy as the USSR did in WWII, while the main invasion force would need to muster in Mexico and proceed overland, maybe across the border in the western part of New Mexico.

China is the only country that has the potential industrial capability to ramp up enough might to actually fight a conventional war in the USA. It would certainly have to be a multilateral war including both Mex and Can, all of Europe and likely India. That would require a massive realignment.

Green shoots, my foot.

I think my IQ just went down from reading that.

I checked and nope.

So, if New Zealand needs more money to fund its health and education systems, infrastructure, and so on, creating a strongly progressive tax system, where all income is subject to income tax, would not only work, it would cause an economic boom and supply heaps of jobs at higher wages.

#nzpol

The broadly increased income also resulted in a larger tax take, which allowed the government to invest in large scale projects such as interstate highways, medicare for those over 65, and going to the moon.

Due, in large part to strongly progressive taxation, income was redistributed from the rich to the rest of society, either by the choice of business owners to take less income or through direct taxation.