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Old 02-07-2016, 05:01 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Mircea View Post

Yes, you do misunderstand.

GDP Comparisons:

Norway: $499,667,000
City of Los Angeles: $765,759,000

Denmark: $314,889,000
City of Boston: $336,232,000

Sweden: $523,804,000
City of Chicago: $571,000,000

Finland: $247,389,000
City of Atlanta: $294,589,000
I'm referring to how too many Americans view those Nordic countries as being pure socialist countries.
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:10 PM
 
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Cato Human Freedom Index (2015, p. 14)

3. Finland
4. Denmark
10. Sweden
11. Norway
14. Iceland
20. United States of America
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:16 PM
 
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Socialism isn't a curse word in Scandinavia. They have a population of rational people.

We've spent a century commie baiting. That has left us brainwashed and not in a good way either.
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:42 PM
 
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Norway has a tiny population and is sitting on top of tremendous oil reserves from which they sock the profits in a national trust.
Statoil, the Norwegian owned oil company, operates globally. They've made money off American oil.
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:43 PM
 
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I'm referring to how too many Americans view those Nordic countries as being pure socialist countries.
I've never confused them as purely socialist and I've never met anyone who has.

However I do think many of them make an excellent case that capitalism and socialism can work together effectively.
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Old 02-07-2016, 06:26 PM
 
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Socialism isn't a curse word in Scandinavia. They have a population of rational people.

We've spent a century commie baiting. That has left us brainwashed and not in a good way either.
I think we in America probably haven't done a good job of portraying our economy as a mixed economy which it is.

I like our U.S system because it works for us. This is why I'm not big on people thinking we should be like a Denmark or Sweden. Their particular mixed economic systems work for them and their particular circumstances.
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Old 02-07-2016, 06:36 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Mircea View Post
Yes, you do misunderstand.

GDP Comparisons:

Norway: $499,667,000
City of Los Angeles: $765,759,000

Denmark: $314,889,000
City of Boston: $336,232,000

Sweden: $523,804,000
City of Chicago: $571,000,000

Finland: $247,389,000
City of Atlanta: $294,589,000
You're comparing metropolitan area (not city) GDP's with those of countries. And in the case of LA vs. Norway, metro LA has a population nearly three times the size of Norway.

So what's your point?
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Old 02-07-2016, 07:40 PM
 
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In the Socialist/Capitalist mix, those countries are about 50% Socialist and the USA is about 26% Socialist...I prefer 26% but there's no doubt there are advantages of having a greater Socialist portion of your economy.
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Old 02-07-2016, 08:17 PM
 
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We aren't "afraid" of Sweden; we're afraid of becoming Sweden.
Most struggling middle class American republicans are trained to blow the horn for the top 0.1% elite that runs the country. I am always saddened to see how they support a system that prevents them from getting out of the hole.
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Old 02-08-2016, 04:02 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Mircea View Post
Yes, you do misunderstand.

GDP Comparisons:

Norway: $499,667,000
City of Los Angeles: $765,759,000

Denmark: $314,889,000
City of Boston: $336,232,000

Sweden: $523,804,000
City of Chicago: $571,000,000

Finland: $247,389,000
City of Atlanta: $294,589,000

Sorry, but your figures are for the entire metro areas and not for the cities. You should take some tutoring about this topic.

And much more important:
Its absurd to compare the GDP of metro areas with the GDP of entire countries. Rents are an important part of the economic performance. Many people in Boston pay $2,000 for rundown apartments. For the same amount of money you can rent 3 nice apartments in Denmark.
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