Posted on 10/16/2017 1:25:17 PM PDT by kevcol
I remember that episode!
I agree. Spending other people’s money always bring you happiness
Until you run out.
Mediocre Living is not happiness...it is just existing.
We could do this too, if the US were the size of Rhode Island, and all white people.
So I guess the Danish version of a “Today” correspondent earns the same as the garbage man too? I would pay the garbage man way more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8kcT9r7yg
1970 commercial for great Soviet people’s airline Aeroflot.
Strangely enough, they never show mighty Tupolev airliner.
Fails to mention that the people probably could not afford a car if they wanted one.
But this was definitely the greatest moment in Soviet TV history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM
“Well. I suppose if you decide to live under German rule...”
Except that the Danes will soon be living under Muslim rule & wish the Germans would come back to occupy them, only the Germans themselves are being steadily Islamicized.
In Denmark, socialism is the least of their worries. Muslim rape gangs rank much higher on their `happiness’ scale.
“We could do this too, if the US were the size of Rhode Island, and all white people.”
You left out Muslims in Denmark. Swarms of the inbred savages in Denmark.
Fertility rate - 1.73
Better than most European countries, but not at 2.1 replacement rate. Happy people who feel good about the further have babies. Just saying.
Received letter from state when changed lyrics to ‘eeeeeeeee’.
The Danes have quite a few things to be proud off. Most people work. There are few criminals. Government is honest. Taxes are high, but benefits in terms of health care and education are included. It is also a small, ethnically-homogeneous society. Biking really is an option for many people. And, there are cultural norms that uphold the individual.
With regard to “socialism,” in Denmark as well as the other Nordic countries, it doesn’t mean government ownership of the means of production. Nor does it mean heavy redistribution of the wealth. Rather, it means an extensive social insurance system. Basically, everybody works, and pays taxes into a fund, out of which come benefits. You get what, on average, you pay for.
Tax rates
The average tax rate in Denmark is higher than the average tax rate in the U.S., but remember in the U.S. you’re expected to pay for health care. It’s part of the deal in Denmark.
The top tax rates in Denmark are difficult to compare to the U.S.; but, I think it is fair to say their top corporate tax rate is lower and their top personal income tax rate is higher. The corporate tax rate is 24.5 percent there, as compared to 39.1 percent federal plus state corporate taxes here (8.8 percent in California). The top personal income tax rate is 60.4 percent there, as compared to 39.6 percent here plus state income tax rates here (13.3 percent in California).
As for the propaganda:
People don’t work 5 hours a day in Denmark and get a full day’s pay.
Working hours. A normal working week runs from Monday to Friday and office hours are usually between 8 a.m. or 8.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Women work an average of 35 hours a week compared to 41 hours a week worked by men. However, 9 percent of the Danish workforce works more than 49 hours a week.
http://businessculture.org/northern-europe/denmark-business-culture/work-life-balance/
There is no government system of unemployment insurance. You can join into a trade or professional association for unemployment insurance, but they won’t tolerate malingering. The unemployment rate is, therefore, very low.
The trend of rising inequality
While Denmark is, like other Nordic countries, a middle-class country (almost everybody is “in the middle,” there are very few poor people), income inequality has been moving up there, same as elsewhere. This worldwide movement is, therefore, independent of socialism (contemporary definition).
I’d bet if we looked at the individual states of the U.S. as separate nations, some of our states would compare well to the Nordic countries. Minnesota (which is practically a Nordic country) comes to mind. But, when you look at us as a nation, we’re as large and diverse as all of Europe (less Russia and Turkey) put together. We’re simply not a small, ethnically-homogeneous country of honest, law-abiding people that embrace working, saving and family values.
Who’s going to defend Denmark the next time they’re invaded?
The evil capitalist USA.
And who does Slap Happy Denmark depend on to protect them?
“We’re simply not a small, ethnically-homogeneous country of honest, law-abiding people that embrace working, saving and family values.”
You covered a lot of territory with that ending sentence. A really good summary of why the US is different and the “solutions” that seem so workable elsewhere are not well-suited to success here.
We should insist that all NBC journalists make the same salary as janitors.
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