From what I noticed, the cost of living is similar to the Deep South here in the U.S. - or even less.

And of course they have nearly-free health care and public higher education. Even their right-wing administrations (such as the neo-Francoist Aznar and Rajoy eras) guaranteed it, though they did chip away at it slightly.

Which brings me to today's GOP.

Our "right-wing" GOP isn't right-wing. They are, these days anyway, extreme fascists - but with none of the positive things other fascist regimes have typically backed, such as infrastructure.

Franco was certainly big on infrastructure and economic development, at least. These bastards can't even claim that.

that's a great point. The GOPee is not providing anything to the country other than gun access and phony christianity. And racism.

They're hell-bent in destroying trust in our public institutions - but in the end they'll only destroy everyone's trust in themselves.