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		wpietri on Nov 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit user captures video of 2012 voting machines... Your mistake is in thinking that Americans want a well-functioning, well-funded government. Some do, but a substantial swathe of America is currently, for one reason or another, opposed to that.

_dp9d on Nov 6, 2012 [–]

Right. So it has nothing to do with the size of the population, and everything to do with people not wanting to pay tax.

So to summarize, it's hilarious when Americans use the large population excuse for having sub-par services.

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