Yes...welfare states are gonna fail....the left's nordic delusions.....

[2aguy]

Yes...we have all heard about the statist paradises in Europe.....of course, the left wing media is hiding the underlying rot that will bring those states down.....

Economic Lessons from Scandinavia - Daniel J. Mitchell - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary - Page 2

The Washington Post is not immune to Scandinavia’s charms, recently marveling at howDanish branches of McDonald’smanage to pay their employees 2.5 times U.S. McDonald’s workers’ wages (clue: When about 75 percent of earnings disappear as income and consumption taxes, higher wages are more necessity than choice). …and last month the Times assured us that “A Big Safety Net and Strong Job Market Can Coexist. Just Ask Scandinavia.” (*Cough* unemployment is 5.6 percent in the United States, vs.8.1 percent in Sweden, 8.9 percent in Finland and 6.4 percent in Denmark.) …And global and domestic events are conspiring to make life a little more uncertain for these former high achievers. …the Scandinavian model’s structural fissures are coming under increasing stress. …the Norwegians seem to have lost their parsimonious, workaholic, Lutheran mojo. Norwegians treat Friday as a “free day” and take more sick leavethan anyone else in Europe, if not the world — a law enshrines their right to claim sick days even while on holiday.

Of course....since the United States has picked up the tab of the defense of these countries for the last 64 years, they have been able to indulge in their leftist fantasies even longer....now that leftists have taken over the U.S. government and are wrecking our military.....the Europeans will have to deal with their own self defense............I wonder how they will get the free riders in their countries to defend their countries.....?

These countries that do so well in life-satisfaction surveys also record the highest consumption of antidepressants in the world, and despite their reputation for gender equality, they have thehighest rates of violence against womenin Europe. …few Americans would truly embrace a Scandinavian-style society. The tax rates alone would likely be a sufficient deterrent. Though I’m a freelance journalist, I essentially work until Thursday lunchtime for the state. And it’s not as if the money that is left in my pocket goes all that far: These are fearfully expensive countries in which to live.

Of course there is violence against women....women can't defend themselves against stronger, bigger men....because guns are not allowed.....thanks to gun control laws that disarm these women......a win for gun control, and sexual predators.....

 

[2aguy]

And they look at Denmark.....

But there’s bad news in the land of the Northern Lights.

Here’s what he writes about Denmark.

Visitors say Danes are joyless to be around. Denmark suffers from high rates of alcoholism. In its use of antidepressants it ranks fourth in the world. (Its fellow Nordics the Icelanders are in front by a wide margin.) Some 5 percent of Danish men have had sex with an animal. Denmark’s productivity is in decline, its workers put in only 28 hours a week, and everybody you meet seems to have a government job. …Danes operate on caveman principles — if you find it, share it, or be shunned. Once your date with Daisy the Sheep is over, you’d better make sure your friends get a turn.

Though Daisy is lucky that she’s not on the tax rolls. The tax system in that nation is so oppressive that I’ve joked birthers should accuse Obama of having been born in Denmark.

In addition to paying enormous taxes — the total bill is 58 percent to 72 percent of income — Danes have to pay more for just about everything. Books are a luxury item. Their equivalent of the George Washington Bridge costs $45 to cross. …Health care is free — which means you pay in time instead of money. Services are distributed only after endless stays in waiting rooms. (The author brought his son to an E.R. complaining of a foreign substance that had temporarily blinded him in one eye and was turned away, told he had to make an appointment.) Pharmacies are a state-run monopoly, which means getting an aspirin is like a trip to the DMV.

Yes.....books are a luxury item......of course leftists would love this......an informed, educated public is an enemy of the gargantuan state.....

 

[JoeB131]

Guy, when you cite Crazy Ass Toon-Hall as a source you don't have crediblity.

WHy not cite Stormfront?

 

[Old Rocks]

LOL. And, in spite of all that blather;

 

[Old Rocks]

World s happiest nations are... - CNN.com

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries, according to the survey of 156 countries. Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Benin and Togo -- all nations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- are the least satisfied with their lives, the report said.

The United States came in at number 17 in the world in terms of overall happiness, but it still lags behind Canada (6), Australia (10), Israel (11) the United Arab Emirates (14) and Mexico (16), according to the Earth Institute.

Seem the OP is off in several directions.

 

[JoeB131]

LOL. And, in spite of all that blather;

That was wicked.

 

[2aguy]

Yes.....peace is war, and war is peace.....and these happy little statist countries are heaven on earth.........

 

[2aguy]

Guy, when you cite Crazy Ass Toon-Hall as a source you don't have crediblity.

WHy not cite Stormfront?

I have heard stromfront is some sort of national socialist website....that fits your beliefs more than mine joe.....

 

[TakeAStepBack]

Stop the Scandimania Nordic nations aren t the utopias they re made out to be - The Washington Post

The only way Job will comment on the content instead of questioning the source is if it comes from Media Matters. Job is a moron, of course, so we give him a pass.

 

[TakeAStepBack]

World s happiest nations are... - CNN.com

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries, according to the survey of 156 countries. Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Benin and Togo -- all nations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- are the least satisfied with their lives, the report said.

The United States came in at number 17 in the world in terms of overall happiness, but it still lags behind Canada (6), Australia (10), Israel (11) the United Arab Emirates (14) and Mexico (16), according to the Earth Institute.

Seem the OP is off in several directions.

So the anti-depressants are working....goo to know.

 

[2aguy]

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries,

They get paid not to work....that would make a lot of people happy......until you run out of other peoples money to pay people not to work.....then it becomes a real downer.........

 

[jknowgood]

World s happiest nations are... - CNN.com

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries, according to the survey of 156 countries. Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Benin and Togo -- all nations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- are the least satisfied with their lives, the report said.

The United States came in at number 17 in the world in terms of overall happiness, but it still lags behind Canada (6), Australia (10), Israel (11) the United Arab Emirates (14) and Mexico (16), according to the Earth Institute.

Seem the OP is off in several directions.

If it wasn't for the United states, they would've had Hitler as their ruler.

 

[2aguy]

World s happiest nations are... - CNN.com

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries, according to the survey of 156 countries. Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Benin and Togo -- all nations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- are the least satisfied with their lives, the report said.

The United States came in at number 17 in the world in terms of overall happiness, but it still lags behind Canada (6), Australia (10), Israel (11) the United Arab Emirates (14) and Mexico (16), according to the Earth Institute.

Seem the OP is off in several directions.

If it wasn't for the United states, they would've had Hitler as their ruler.

and as they continue on their current path of not working, and living of the government.....they will have Putin or the next Russian Emperor as their ruler....and no one to save them this time.....

 

[Old Rocks]

World s happiest nations are... - CNN.com

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries, according to the survey of 156 countries. Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Benin and Togo -- all nations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- are the least satisfied with their lives, the report said.

The United States came in at number 17 in the world in terms of overall happiness, but it still lags behind Canada (6), Australia (10), Israel (11) the United Arab Emirates (14) and Mexico (16), according to the Earth Institute.

Seem the OP is off in several directions.

So the anti-depressants are working....goo to know.

goo to know. Yes, it appears they are. Might ease up on the dose a bit, old fellow.

 

[TakeAStepBack]

Good job catching that typo, Rocko. I bet that really made you feel superior.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

LOL. And, in spite of all that blather;

Uh huh, They all have Homogeneous,educated population, we don't, yet sick people the world over come here, and not Finland to seek medical treatment

Why is that? Because of our Global Warming?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

World s happiest nations are... - CNN.com

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries, according to the survey of 156 countries. Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Benin and Togo -- all nations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- are the least satisfied with their lives, the report said.

The United States came in at number 17 in the world in terms of overall happiness, but it still lags behind Canada (6), Australia (10), Israel (11) the United Arab Emirates (14) and Mexico (16), according to the Earth Institute.

Seem the OP is off in several directions.

Those happy countries are all 96% white and Christian, correct?

 

[JoeB131]

Stop the Scandimania Nordic nations aren t the utopias they re made out to be - The Washington Post

The only way Job will comment on the content instead of questioning the source is if it comes from Media Matters. Job is a moron, of course, so we give him a pass.

I really don't comment on the content of a nutter site like Toon Hall, which really appeals to the lower end of the wingnut gene pool.

Now, if you can find a mainstream source that proves Scandinavian beastiality, you might have a point.

 

[JoeB131]

Guy, when you cite Crazy Ass Toon-Hall as a source you don't have crediblity.

WHy not cite Stormfront?

I have heard stromfront is some sort of national socialist website....that fits your beliefs more than mine joe.....

Really, the Nazis were gun nuts, just like you are. Usually whenever we bust some Nazi, he's got a shitload of guns.

 

[JoeB131]

Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden are the world's happiest countries,

They get paid not to work....that would make a lot of people happy......until you run out of other peoples money to pay people not to work.....then it becomes a real downer.........

Yeah, but they've had their social welfare state for quite some time now, and they seem to have the wealth distribution thing down pretty good.