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To those of you, who believes America is a bad country, lets compare America to Russia:
In America:
- Army Service is completely voluntary. Soldiers are well trained, well paid and respected professionals.
- Income tax is just 10% and first 10000$ don't even get taxed at all. You are free to pick your own pension fund.
- When you apply for a job in America, you get asked about your professional skills and that is all.
- Americans don't care if you atheist or visit Church or what church you visit, and if you support some political party or not - that is just you rightful opinion.
- Internet is mildly monitored.
In Russia:
- Army service is mandatory for all people under the age of 30. You cant get official job, without serving the army, because Military Ministry of Russia forbids companies to hire "deserters". You can't even leave Russia, without serving the army, because Russian Federal Migration Service requires military ID card from Military Commissariat. Major ways to avoid serving the country is falsifying schizophrenia or chopping a leg off. There is no professionalism in Russian army and homosexual culture is rampant - if you got into Russian military, you almost guaranteed to experience anal sex, unless you parents bribe the officers there.
- Income tax is just 15% and doesn't include your income. Moreover, you are forced to pay government for social securities (like pensions), you don't use anyway - basically Russian government forces you to pay for its pensioners.
- When you apply for a job in Russia, you are asked about your military ID card and forced to pay for mandatory (by government) medical examination (in government clinic). If you don't have money, when you apply for a job, then you are fucked. And you can't apply for a job, if you haven't served the army.
- The only two official religions are the branches of Orthodox Church and Sunny Islam (only for Islamic republics) - both are centralized and controlled by the government. You can be an atheist, but that would imply a multitude of social problems and problems with government, which basically requires all social servants to visit orthodox church, like the CPSU before.
- Internet is heavily monitored. Sites may be closed for just criticizing the Orthodox Church or the government.
In America:
- Army Service is completely voluntary. Soldiers are well trained, well paid and respected professionals.
- Income tax is just 10% and first 10000$ don't even get taxed at all. You are free to pick your own pension fund.
- When you apply for a job in America, you get asked about your professional skills and that is all.
- Americans don't care if you atheist or visit Church or what church you visit, and if you support some political party or not - that is just you rightful opinion.
- Internet is mildly monitored.
In Russia:
- Army service is mandatory for all people under the age of 30. You cant get official job, without serving the army, because Military Ministry of Russia forbids companies to hire "deserters". You can't even leave Russia, without serving the army, because Russian Federal Migration Service requires military ID card from Military Commissariat. Major ways to avoid serving the country is falsifying schizophrenia or chopping a leg off. There is no professionalism in Russian army and homosexual culture is rampant - if you got into Russian military, you almost guaranteed to experience anal sex, unless you parents bribe the officers there.
- Income tax is just 15% and doesn't include your income. Moreover, you are forced to pay government for social securities (like pensions), you don't use anyway - basically Russian government forces you to pay for its pensioners.
- When you apply for a job in Russia, you are asked about your military ID card and forced to pay for mandatory (by government) medical examination (in government clinic). If you don't have money, when you apply for a job, then you are fucked. And you can't apply for a job, if you haven't served the army.
- The only two official religions are the branches of Orthodox Church and Sunny Islam (only for Islamic republics) - both are centralized and controlled by the government. You can be an atheist, but that would imply a multitude of social problems and problems with government, which basically requires all social servants to visit orthodox church, like the CPSU before.
- Internet is heavily monitored. Sites may be closed for just criticizing the Orthodox Church or the government.
