ROFLMAO, you mean like how you guys constantly say the rights ideas are failed?
You want a list? We have given it over and over and over. You just want to ignore it and spend more money.
Myths of the Free Market
Our own economy grew faster when we abandoned the laissez faire of the 1920s and early 1930s for the proto-socialist policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It has become increasingly sluggish as we have moved back to a purer free market. Data of the past few decades show that our GNP and productivity growth have lagged those of our trading partners, who have mixed economies characterized by moderate government intervention.
The U.S. has come closer to laissez faire than most other countries, especially since the Reagan Administration. If free market policies are the best economic policies then we should have experienced the most robust growth in the world during this period. But this has not happened. We have been outstripped by our trading partners.
Table 1: Average Annual Growth in Real GNP per Capita
Country / 1980-1994 / 1985-1994
South Korea* 7.72% / 8.17%
Thailand* 5.81% / 7.74%
Taiwan* 6.20% / 7.07%
PeoplesÂ’ * 6.46% / 5.83%
Indonesia* 3.26% / 4.40%
Ireland 3.08% / 4.11%
India* 3.07% / 3.00%
Japan 2.88% / 2.78%
Spain 1.98% /2.65%
Italy 1.62% /1.89%
Belgium 1.48% /1.88%
Austria 1.58% / 1.74%
Netherlands 1.29% / 1.73%
United Kingdom 1.79% / 1.72%
Germany 1.56% /1.70%
Denmark 1.99% / 1.61%
Norway 2.09% /1.58%
Australia 1.54% /1.47%
United States 1.52% / 1.32%
Switzerland 0.84% / 0.80%
France 1.31% / 0.12%
Sweden 0.81% / 0.06%
Canada 0.86% /-0.73%
U.S.S.R.* -2.64% / -5.05%