What does your country/government do well?

Protect rich people at all costs

Not even protect, really, but also “ensure they experience not the slightest discomfort nor the smallest penalty of law, and make sure their ever-expanding demand for luxury is exceeded in every measure.”
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Many things. For example, every single president during my lifetime has been almost universally liked by everyone in the country - kind of like a lifetime of Obamas.

A more recent example of something they do well is when I started my business. I received nearly 10 hours of one-on-one personal guidance on how to do it, completely free. They’re also paying me around 600 euros a month for a year to help me get started.

Jesus, Lemmy, this should be a positive thread not just an opportunity to complain

Yea, didn't see it going this way either.

Outsource.

Incarcerate citizens.

Corruption

Ha! You must be from... Shit, so many options.

The ADA.

Australia is super good at dryland cropping, growing wheat where there's fuck all water.

Also, digging up red soil and flogging it to China at a rate that you can almost feel the earth's axis shifting.

Parks and interstate freeways

Steal, corrupt, kill, erase, and destroy. Thats about all the country im ashamed to be a citizen of does

Syrup. Affable. Eh?

Stifle populist movements around the world in the pursuit of infinite growth.

Destroying public services.

Kill (or help kill) people who are on average more poor and brown than we are.

Abandoning public services and privatizing them :(

NL?

Welfare for giant corporations

Fucking the working class.

The country: promise the opportunity of a better life

The govt: Be corrupt

They handled the pandemic well with regards to small businesses

50% of your normal monthly income, free, no questions asked. That was great lol, sat on my arse for six months

Also, 1% of my taxes get put into a training fund that I can spend on any kind of training I want. Doesn't have to be relevant to my business at all

Kill

Serve the military Political kidnaps and assassinations their own citizens and journalists

Bomb oppressed peoples.

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Maintain global dominance by attracting and keeping STEM workers

Many things, but not all of them good. Still, some are good.

Superannuation

Minimum 10% compulsory

You explain what mean?
- If you're employed, there is a compulsory contribution of 10% of your pay which goes into superannuation (retirement savings)
  You can also do voluntary contributions which you get a tax benefit on.
  The compounded growth over time and the enforced nature of the savings means that every person who works contributes to their own retirement.
  Some companies match voluntary contributions up to a threshold. And you get a tax benefit from it.
  Because it's compulsory, it isn't really considered part of your remuneration. Companies will talk about total rem but most employees talk about base pay.
  Only issue is massive superannuation providers with a huge amount of market clout. But you can be very prescriptive, or you can set up your own super fund.
- This.

Corruption, and running enterprises into the ground with. Our countries official power utility, our postal service, our railways, our police as examples. You know , the stuff we kind of need as citizens. Edit: Our taxation is world class though.

Naval aviation.

NW FL?

My county government office is a well oiled machine. Paying for taxes like car tags and property is a no-brainer, in person or online. Last time I got a new driver's license I was in and out, 10 minutes flat, including the walk to and from my truck. Prices for all of the above are plenty fair.

Preferential voting. Compulsory voting.

Military stuff

To find new ways to obstruct the lives of the everyday citizens, while letting both local and international monetary elites to do what they want.

Support Israel.

Ha, try guessing.

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Gun violence. Police murder. Cover-ups.

Killing brown people. Incredibly skilled at it.

Attracting tourists so that the money can be spent on building stadiums for the World Cup, meanwhile out immigrants keep destroying cities every time my country gets involved in a non-friendly match.

And that country is not in Europe.

Pulling shit out of the ground and inflating a housing bubble.

Oppress mosquitos

Historically we have had good education and OK healthcare. The trend is downward.

The military has been really good with purchasing used but good equipment for cheap.

The foreign policy has been consistent, and even opponents to military alliance pushed for NATO when Pootin screwed the pooch.

Taxes. They have an incredible talent to raise new taxes.

And, more seriously, like already mentioned in another comment: destroying public services. which is a real sad thing to see happening, if you ask me.

National Parks. Make fun of the US as much as you want, I have travelled to a lot of other countries and have always tried to find something on par with Americas National Parks, and really only Iceland comes close.

Destroy the country.

Making new enemies.