9 reasons Denmark's government/economy is better than the US's

[JimBowie1958]

Why do you people delude yourselves with crap like that? It has no basis in reality. 10s of millions of working adults make less than 15 per hour.

It makes these people feel more comfortable as they spend their money getting high, etc, to deny that there are any poor to be concerned about.

 

[dannyboys]

Denmark, 'The Happiest Country In The World', according to surveys designed by Socialists, is allowing thousands of young muslim men to literally take over the country.
We'll see how 'happy' the indigenous population is after a couple of years of the 'young muslim men' enforcing Sharia Law on the population. It already happening. You can't have a beer in a bar anymore in Copenhagen without being attacked by the 'peace loving' muslims.
Say goodbye to Denmark folks.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Why do you people delude yourselves with crap like that?

By crap you mean the truth? Because I'm not a dishonest and dishonorable person like you.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Yes. Anyone can find a job if they really want to.

It might not be the job they want but it will be a job

That is no longer it true. It was true when I was growing up, and when I left the Army in 83. My first day out I walked up to a construction site, asked to speak to the foreman and told him I was just out of the Army and wanted a job if he could use me. He hired me on the spot and I had a job.

I have worked plastic bubble extruders, laid steel on highways, sold books door to door, operated a turret lathe and mill. Done a little bit of everything that keeps my feet on terra firma.

Today is different. You can only get a job if someone will hire you, and you are apparently too stubborn to grasp that fact yet.

May God grant you wisdom on this topic.

Of course it is

FYI the only way anyone could ever get a job is if someone would hire them.

If you cant find a full time job then work a couple part time jobs. Anyone can work if they want to. The problem is people out of work are too picky abut the job they want

 

[thereisnospoon]

The income tax rate in Denmark is around 90%. For everyone, regardless of income level.

If a Danish citizen moves to a Danish territory (such as Greenland) and works there permanently, the tax rate is lower, dropping all the way to 67%. A number of their citizens do that, for that reason. So they told me when I was there (Greenland) for a few years.

If you like Denmark so much, don't let the door hit you in the rear as you leave to move there.

And please don't try to change the U.S. to conform to your socialist ideal.

Lol where is this evidence that any income level is taxed 90%? As usual you just make shit up as you go along. What sense would that make? My article clearly pointed out that the poverty rate in Denmark is far less than the US's. It's also the happiest country on earth.

Lol yes totally predictable you would say "well move there!" This article really isn't about me is it? What I do is irrelevant.

Yeah right. The Happiest place on the planet ain't so happy...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/w...nk-a-welfare-state-ample-to-a-fault.html?_r=0
You have been told a bunch of times that these socialist utopias have no long term future. Sooner or later the government runs out of people and things to tax to fund the lazy and parasitic people who CAN work, but refuse to work because it is easier to sit on their fat asses and collect the largess of others.

 

[thereisnospoon]

The evidence is quite compelling. This is the kind of stuff I love rubbing in republicans' faces. Repubs like to think that both they, and the US, is superior to anyone else in the world but the truth is countries like Denmark are really just laughing at them.

1) Unemployed workers get 90% of their previous salary for two years.

Denmark has a tremendous social safety net for unemployed workers — any worker who worked at least 52 weeks over a three-year period can qualify to have 90 percent of their original salary paid for, for up to two years. The Danish government also has plentiful training programs for out-of-work Danes. As a result, 73 percent of Danes between 15 and 64 have a paying job, compared to 67 percent of Americans.

2) Denmark spends far less on healthcare than the US does.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the US spends twice as much per capita on healthcare than in Denmark, where taxpayer-funded universal healthcare is available for all citizens. 2009 OECD data shows that the U.S. spent an average of $7,290 per person on healthcare. Denmark spent just $3,512. World Bank data, as seen in the chart above, shows Danish healthcare costs are about $3,000 less per capita than in the US.

3) Denmark is the happiest place on Earth

The World Happiness Report, which determines which nation’s population is the “happiest” using criteria like life expectancy, GDP, social safety nets, as well as factors like “perception of corruption” and “freedom to make life choices,” found that Denmark was the happiest country. The US, in the meantime, ranked #17 on the same list.

4)Denmark has the shortest work week on average.

Denmark leads every other OECD nation in work-life balance. Danes work an average of 37 hours a week, earn an average of $46,000 USD annually, and have the right to 5 weeks of paid vacation per year. Here in the US, the average worker puts in an average of 47 hours a week, and only takes 16 days of vacation a year. This is largely due to a more stressful work climate, in which wages are stagnating while costs are rising. Combine that with a highly-competitive job market, and that means more Americans are willing to chain themselves to their desk then to risk taking vacation days and coming back to find someone else took their job.

5) Denmark pays students $900 per month to attend college.

Here in the US, the cost of going to college has soared by over 500 percent in the last 30 years. But in Denmark, not only is college free, but students are actually paid $900 USD per month to go to school, provided they live on their own. And this funding lasts up to six years. By contrast, the average US student pays over $31,000 a year in tuition to attend a private university, out-of-state residents at public universities pay $22,000 a year in tuition, and tuition costs for in-state residents at those same universities is still over $9,000.

6) Denmark has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.

In Denmark, despite a short work week and a generous social safety net, workers make more than enough to meet basic needs. According to per capita income data from the World Bank, Denmark’s per capita income is roughly $5,000 higher than in the US.

7) Denmark has one of the lowest poverty rates. The US has one of the highest.

The benefits of living in Denmark are far-reaching — out of all OECD countries, Denmark has the second-lowest poverty rate at 0.6 percent. To compare, the OECD average of 11.3 percent is still lower than the 14.5 percent poverty rate in the US.

8) Denmark is rated #1 for best country for business

In 2014, Forbes ranked Denmark as the #1 best country for business.

Forbes used 11 different criteria to rank countries — innovation, property rights, red tape, taxes, investor protection, stock market performance, technology, corruption, personal freedom, freedom of trade, and monetary freedom.

Under the same criteria, the US ranked #18.

9) New parents in Denmark get 52 weeks of paid leave. US parents don't get shit.

The Danish government gives new parents an average of 52 weeks — a full year — of paid time off after having a child. Those 52 weeks can be allocated however the parents wish. In addition to the 52 weeks, new moms get 4 weeks of maternity leave before giving birth and 14 weeks after. Even new fathers get 2 additional weeks after the birth of their child. But here in the US, 1 in 4 new mothers go back to work within two weeks of having a child.

This is what Democratic Socialism really looks like. Is this the dystopian nightmare that Republicans are making it out to be, or an ideal vision of what Americans could have if we came together and demanded it from our government?


Here are 9 reasons Denmark's socialist economy leaves the US in the dust

The average worker in Denmark pays up to 88% of their income in taxes.
8% for their version of social security....55.8% of their income. And 25% in sales taxes.....
Who the hell are you kidding.
All of which goes into funding the lazy....
Denmark Sales Tax Rate | VAT | 2000-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar
You are free to emigrate to happy happy la la land any time you like.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Oh BULLSHIT......Income tax is just that. A tax on total income.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Protected by U.S. military/tax payers




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Speaking of this the freeloaders can't even pay their meager share




Denmark's status in Nato threatened: top official



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Lol I love how you cons ignore any information that is inconvenient to your republican bubble and focus on random information that you didn't know before you googled it.

If you think a Danish style socialist system would be tolerated here, you are outside of what's left of your mind.....

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Lol I love how you cons ignore any information that is inconvenient to your republican bubble and focus on random information that you didn't know before you googled it.

If you think a Danish style socialist system would be tolerated here, you are outside of what's left of your mind.....

Billy actually believes there are no poor people in western Europe.

 

[Billy000]

Lol I love how you cons ignore any information that is inconvenient to your republican bubble and focus on random information that you didn't know before you googled it.

If you think a Danish style socialist system would be tolerated here, you are outside of what's left of your mind.....

Billy actually believes there are no poor people in western Europe.

Except that I never actually said that.

 

[Billy000]

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Protected by U.S. military/tax payers




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Speaking of this the freeloaders can't even pay their meager share




Denmark's status in Nato threatened: top official



.

Lol I love how you cons ignore any information that is inconvenient to your republican bubble and focus on random information that you didn't know before you googled it.

If you think a Danish style socialist system would be tolerated here, you are outside of what's left of your mind.....

You don't even understand what their system is.

 

[Billy000]

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Oh BULLSHIT......Income tax is just that. A tax on total income.

Yeah any form such as pension and dividends etc. That means most of their citizens do not pay that high of a rate. Either way, their poverty rate is much lower than ours and they are the happiest population on earth.

 

[Tresha91203]

Denmark is 80% native Danes of the state sanctioned religion. Diversity brings conflict and clashes Denmark does not have to deal with. The US has many more vocal cultures demanding equality. You cannot have the level of diversity of the US and have the united viewpoint of Denmark. Which do you want: diversity or agreement?

We have too many people here that would take advantage of the system, IMO. We have too many people here that are in it for themselves rather than for the country as a whole, IMO. We can't get people to agree where to pee, so no way would we agree how 80% of our wages should be spent.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

But they do get one ? Right ?

Eventually, I would guess, but not always. There are many parents who commit suicide in order to get insurance to feed their family. Does that count as getting their next meal?

What the fuck is wrong with you people? You think that living a life where you don t know when you are going to eat again is just AOK?

Please document the suicide cases.

And I don't recall saying that was a good thing.

In fact, I think I've been an advocate for an intelligent approach to income inequality.

But from what I can tell, your implied claim that people are starving looking for a job is total crap.

Lol, I am not going to document a damned thing.

IF you dont realize that some people get desperate financially to the point of committing suicide and making it look like an auto or gun accident, then I cannot remedy your true affliction.

O.K.

Now we know you won't or can't document it.

I dont have to document facts of the public domain, even if you are too stupid or lazy to google the topic, idiot.

I am not the one making the claim.

Such things are not facts to me because I have never heard of it.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Oh BULLSHIT......Income tax is just that. A tax on total income.

Yeah any form such as pension and dividends etc. That means most of their citizens do not pay that high of a rate. Either way, their poverty rate is much lower than ours and they are the happiest population on earth.

Again, happiest based on things that are subjective and somewhat work against the U.S.

The place is 5 million people. How great can it be ? If they were so happy, why are not people like you flocking to live there ?

 

[easyt65]

#1 They don't have Obama...

 

[Shrimpbox]

The country is 90 per cent of Danish heritage. The population is homogenous. There are only six million people there. Life is so good check out this blog from someone who doesn't look like a Dane. CLUELESS

Being Black in Denmark

 

[Sun Devil 92]

The country is 90 per cent of Danish heritage. The population is homogenous. There are only six million people there. Life is so good check out this blog from someone who doesn't look like a Dane. CLUELESS

Being Black in Denmark

Well,

He's just a right wing collaborator not to be taken seriously.

After all, you can't be happy and a racist....or can you ?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Lol I love how you cons ignore any information that is inconvenient to your republican bubble and focus on random information that you didn't know before you googled it.

If you think a Danish style socialist system would be tolerated here, you are outside of what's left of your mind.....

Billy actually believes there are no poor people in western Europe.

Except that I never actually said that.

You don't have to. You view the idea of socialism as perfection.
Socialism is incompatible with liberty, freedom and the pursuit of individual achievement and success.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Protected by U.S. military/tax payers




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Speaking of this the freeloaders can't even pay their meager share




Denmark's status in Nato threatened: top official



.

Lol I love how you cons ignore any information that is inconvenient to your republican bubble and focus on random information that you didn't know before you googled it.

If you think a Danish style socialist system would be tolerated here, you are outside of what's left of your mind.....

You don't even understand what their system is.

Now that is amusing.
As been suggested to you, if you find that life for you would be better if you were residing in Denmark, by all means, please move there.