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Behar: ‘Why Would’ Norwegians Come Here? ‘They’re Trying to Improve Their Lives(T)
newsbusters.org ^ | 1/12/2018 | Kristine Marsh

Posted on 01/13/2018 10:27:41 AM PST by rktman

Amidst all the hoopla over President Trump’s crass comments about which immigrants the United States should let in, The View host Joy Behar ignorantly claimed that Norwegian immigrants wouldn’t want to come to America anyway, because their country is superior to the United States.

Fellow host Whoopi Goldberg blasted Trump for singling out Norwegians as the kind of immigrants America wants, saying that it was a clear affront to “brown people.” She claimed that Norwegian immigrants aren’t coming here for Trump anyway.

“And Sir, just so you know, they don't want you to be their president. They -- they're not coming here for that. That's not why folks from Norway are coming here,” Whoopi ranted.

But Behar gushed that Norway was a socialist utopia, with “free health care” and “free education” so why would anyone from there want to come here?

“They don't have to come here. They have free health care. They have sane gun laws there. They have child care. They have free education. Why would they come here to this country?” host Joy Behar gushed.

“They have socialism,” McCain murmured, but was talked over. Behar then let slip her anti-patriotic beliefs, saying, “People come here because they’re trying to improve their lives. Not make it worse.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: brayingasses; fidiots; vooch
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To: rktman
p07p07

Hmmm. Rachel Jeantel from Haiti or Emilie Nereng from Norway...

21 posted on 01/13/2018 10:59:38 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: heights
Norway also has a relatively strict immigration policy designed to preserve Norwegian culture and "way of life". Learn the language and learn the history and assimilate. Of course, the nattering nags at the View would scream "RACISM!" if Trump were to suggest similar requirements for the U.S.
22 posted on 01/13/2018 11:00:01 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: NorseViking

Norway: 5.26 million people
Singapore: 5.7 million
Switzerland: 8.4 million

Hardly a comparison as countries with the US with 323 million population.


23 posted on 01/13/2018 11:03:50 AM PST by vette6387
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To: reg45
“Norwegians might want to come here because of the weather.”

I remember seeing a female comedian from Minnesota. She had a bit of an accent, and said she had a Swedish background. She talked about how her family had worked hard, scrapped and saved, made their way across the fjords and across the ocean, and all the way to the US - where they then made their way to ‘a place just as f***ing miserable as where they came from’...

24 posted on 01/13/2018 11:04:10 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: NorseViking
In fact $70000 is a burger flipper income in Norway. Established professionals are doing much better. On the other hand you don’t want to know how much a burger or a gallon of gas cost in Norway, let alone home prices

Yes but you're taxed up the wazoo. Not just income tax but sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco. And VAT on your auto and other purchases. Yes great cradle-to-grave social services. But also that six months of winter. That dour Scandinavian outlook. And last but not least, lutefisk!

25 posted on 01/13/2018 11:04:22 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: rktman

Joy Behar - The World’s Best antidote for Viagra and for marriage.


26 posted on 01/13/2018 11:05:13 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: neverevergiveup
She had a bit of an accent, and said she had a Swedish background. She talked about how her family had worked hard, scrapped and saved, made their way across the fjords and across the ocean, and all the way to the US

Lots of Scandinavians in Wisconsin / Minnesota / The Dakotas. The land was cheap - practically free - and they were great farmers. And a climate they were accustomed to.

27 posted on 01/13/2018 11:07:07 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Hieronymus

Historically Norwegians and Finns were persecuted minorities within the Swedish Empire. Then the Finns incorporated themselves into Russia to stop persecution the way ancient Caucasian Kingdoms like Georgia and Armenia did to save themselves from Muslims. Then the Finns assisted Russians in destroying the Swedish Empire. By 19th century Sweden was mostly neutered and Norway declared independence in 1814, got a Constitution. It wasn’t actually recognized until earlier 1900s but it was practically independent since that time.


28 posted on 01/13/2018 11:07:33 AM PST by NorseViking
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To: rktman

Aug 1, 2012:

Norway is one of the most heavily taxed countries in the world with a total tax burden of roughly 45% of GDP– almost 4x Hong Kong and nearly twice the US.

VAT is a whopping 25%.
Personal income tax rates border 55%.
Corporate profits tax ranges from 28% to as high as 78%.


29 posted on 01/13/2018 11:11:56 AM PST by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: NorseViking

You forgot to mention Sweden letting the Third Reich use Sweden as a staging ground for invading Norway—my family was long gone by that point, but they noticed and did not forget.


30 posted on 01/13/2018 11:12:17 AM PST by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: rktman

I suggest we test Behar’s premise and immediately grant unfettered immigration to the United States for Norwegians.


31 posted on 01/13/2018 11:12:20 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Rummyfan

Yep, taxes and tariffs are a massive downside but all in all most of them like it better.
Actually the most unattractive of all in US for people from better off European countries are crime and healthcare. They are so used to ‘free’ doctors that the idea to pay for medicine makes them sick by itself.


32 posted on 01/13/2018 11:15:13 AM PST by NorseViking
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To: hinckley buzzard

“we have too many people now”

good luck with that, when you want to collect your retirement or sell your house


33 posted on 01/13/2018 11:16:52 AM PST by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp as)
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To: rktman

” They don’t want to come here because their country isn’t a SHITHOLE.” There...fixed it.


34 posted on 01/13/2018 11:20:21 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: Rummyfan

It’s a good climate for some things. Slackers looking for an easy life tend to gravitate elsewhere. And hockey is a good thing.


35 posted on 01/13/2018 11:20:29 AM PST by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: Gay State Conservative
But reports have it that that oil is running out.

Well, there's always lutefisk to fall back on.

36 posted on 01/13/2018 11:27:42 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Hieronymus

Sweden also supplied the Krupp Works and the Third Reich with iron ore throughout WWII.


37 posted on 01/13/2018 11:28:24 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: rktman

Actually, Joy, they had one of the worst mass murders in history. And the guy had plenty of guns. Think again...


38 posted on 01/13/2018 11:49:58 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: rktman

Well since we are out from under that Commie Obama, our country is a lot better off and we are really doing great now..


39 posted on 01/13/2018 11:51:05 AM PST by Davy Crocket
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To: exDemMom
🐟🤑. LOL! So, is lutefisk trending right now?
40 posted on 01/13/2018 11:52:24 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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