Among India and USA which democracy is good for the people? India is largest and USA is oldest.?
India follows a socialistic pattern and USA is a capitalistic. Though capitalistic democracy sounds sweet to hear but in reality it is horrible. You don't get social security benfits if you retire and you're one day short to 65 years. In case you die before attaining the age of 65 years your dependents get nothing. All the SSN tax and other contributions paid by you is swalloed by the government and politicians. Whereas in India even if you chose to retire before the retirement age you or your dependents will get all the retirement benefits like Provident Fund, Gratuity etc., The law do not allow the government to swallow the retirement benefits like it happens in USA. Since governments and political parties in USA are controlled by corporations the tax structure is designged in such a way that no one can hardly save enough money for the rainy day. Our pay check is sqeezed to the last penny by taxes starting from IRS to your local county/city income tax.
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- Fortunately USA is a Republic, not a democracy. In a democracy, the masses rule, and have the right to take what they want from those who had the foresight drive and vision to provide for themselves.
We (USA) do have limited socialism in our welfare and social security programs. So there is some ability to take what is not yours. But, for the most part we provide for ourselves without handouts from the government (taxpaying citizens)
If you want a better life, you'll not find it by living off the government (leeching off the taxpayer)
Do better for yourself.
- What does size have to do with it?
1/2 of American politics are controlled by those who Dems bribe --- teachers unions, unions in general, blacks, gays, etc.
- Depends on if you use phone tech support or own a Dell.
- America is not a Capitalist country. It is a Neo-Mercantilist country. Capitalism is the absence of government interference in the economy. It can be described as a democratic economy because the consumers vote on what will be produced, redistributing resources to society's most productive. Mercantilism is a system dependent upon pork barrel projects, corporate welfare, and laws designed to hurt workers. It is a form of Socialism which actually is the oldest, since it goes back to Britain in the 1700s. The American Revolution was a revolt against Mercantilism.
America only became a Neo-Mercantilist country when Abe Lincoln became president and the south seceded. The south was strongly Capitalist (though they did use the government to protect slavery, which was not a very Capitalistic action). The south seceded because the electoral college system had failed and Lincoln had been elected by a small section of the country and they knew that Lincoln was going to establish Mercantilism in America. Following Lincoln's successful invasion of the south, America did not further destroy its economy until Socialism (which labor unions that would never have existed without Mercantilism brought to America) became the popular idea around the turn of the 20th century. America would be a Socialist nation by mid-century.
Under pure Capitalism, there is no big business (there wasn't any big business in America until after Dishonest Abe had ended Capitalism in America) and every worker intends to start their own business after working for somebody else for a few years. Under the Socialist systems in place around the entire world today, few people ever start their own business and most spend their entire lives working for somebody else.
Capitalism raises everybody's standard of living. Mercantilism creates a wealthy class that has a high standard of living. Socialism creates poverty for everybody.
- It is a price we pay for more freedom. It is also the price we pay for having such a high standard of living. Both styles have thier ups and downs. For India, because of thier large population, I think they have a very good system of government and I am sure it will flourish in the years to come. As for us, The U.S., I think our system does need a change, It's not fair when the people who needs tax cuts the most get them and the middle class, which some live and struggle everyday, get the short end of the stick. I think the biggest problem in our country is that we only have two party's that are actually considered important. We need more options, a middle man who will secure our rights and social security benifits.
- well why do you need my answer for you already got what you want so take you question and Answer and leave Please!!
- I'll take Capitalism any day over socialism! I'm not sure where you got your "facts" but the government doesn't swallow all of your SS money and yes, you can retire before 65 and still receive partial payments of SS (with conditions). And since when is the beacon of freedom and the defender of the planet a "horrible" place to live? Why are people trying to sneak into the U.S. and not India? As far as I'm concerned all India has to offer is call-centers and Bollywood!
- Socialism is never good.
- Hi,
I am not really sure why you asked this question, but I will give a quick answer.
I am an American, and I have been living here in India for about 6 months now, so I have a little bit of a point of view on India.
From everything I have seen and learned here I have become more thankful and more happy to be from the U.S. India's "socialist" programs and policies of the past kept the country impoverished, and the people unproductive. (they called it the hindu rate of growth, check that out). Since the economy has liberalized over the past 15 years, the standard of living has increased dramatically. The GDP (with some help from the falling US$) has reached one trillion dollars a year, which is more than double what it started with at the begginning of this decade. This has meant real improvements in incomes for people, though the rural areas have a long way to go, this is progress for sure.
As for the government and how they treat you, try living in a state (where I live) where there is no such thing as a trash man. There are people who sift through hills of trash on the corner of my street, and the rest is thrown into the open sewers. Try living in a place where it reeks of urine ALL THE TIME. Try living in a place where there are no traffic rules, where red lights mean only pause and where the traffic (coming from a southern californian) is unbearably stagnant. Try living in a place where teachers show up to public school two days a week because as government employees they are secure (security has negative sides too)... This list could go on for a long time.
And as far as corruption is concerned, I urge you to actually come here and talk to people. Go to the panchayat and ask the sarpanch how he makes his money, go to a state bank district office and ask how much extra you have to pay the loan officer for him to sanction a loan for you. This list goes on and on all the way up to parliment, and free press or no, it is so embedded here that it is almost accepted...
The U.S. has its problems no doubt, but to compare its system to India's (currently) is kind of like comparing apples and oranges.
- depends on who runs the country the time and the situation and various other aspects theoretically every ideology works but when it get practical u get the real answer