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What a useless thread. My brother lives in Brussells. Talk to him about your America sucks attitude and you will learn something.
You take a little vacation to Denmark and post the baseless comments to back your political ideology, sorry does not work for me.
Same 0 - same 0, the suckers what visit the land of the LuLu of Hono. Live here, you may not think of paradise very long.
Spent a few days in Copenhagen and Arhus and I had the greatest experience. I had been doing some research about Denmark especially given the fact that they are overall the happiest people in the world and the most satisfied with their health care system.
Everytime I travel to a different country, I just get this feeling that the US is a very overrated country, it also makes me realize how many lies Americans are told on a daily basis, this whole, "We are the greatest, no one compares to us" is truly a bunch of BS. Beautiful country, very safe, no guns, no homeless people, a very happy bunch of people overall
High taxes, and some evil socialism does not seem to be all that bad after all.
Another argument the right uses in the US to fool their voters is to claim if we make drug companies sacrifice for the sake of lowered health care costs we will stifle new drug developement.
Cause we all know only the US has the inovation and skill to make advanced types of drugs!
"the EU has "the highest proportion of drinkers and the highest level of alcohol consumption. Especially among youth, Denmark stands out as a country of problem drinkers. Denmark, home of Hans Christian Andersen and the Little Mermaid, tops the list for problem drinking in many categories, especially for youth "
"the EU has "the highest proportion of drinkers and the highest level of alcohol consumption. Especially among youth, Denmark stands out as a country of problem drinkers. Denmark, home of Hans Christian Andersen and the Little Mermaid, tops the list for problem drinking in many categories, especially for youth "
Denmark Income tax rates are progressive:
39% on income up to €22,118
45% on income between €22,118 and €36,025
60% on income above €36,025
The majority of Danes are getting taxed at 60% and 45%.
On top of that tax, you pay 9% for social security, 8% for unemployment, and 1% for a pension. Don't forget muncipal taxes and a church tax.
Then you have a 25% Value Added Tax (national sales tax) on most everything you buy.
The biggest employer is the State.
Denmark is a nation of uniformity (Jante Law)
High Cost of Food
Gas per Gallon in Denmark: ~$9
Registration of a car costs 60% of its sales price.
No luxury cars or sports cars.
Waiting lists for home/apartment ownership.
Rented accommodation is either privately owned or owned by a non-profit building association. You can put your name down on a waiting list for an apartment. This means that you can rent the apartment when your name appears at the top of the list. But this may take many years. Ask a housing association.
Post #222 wonderfully illustrates a POV held by many with respects to other states of the U.S. besides the one in which they reside. Even without factoring foreign countries there is a wide disparity in COL, levels of crime, pollution, economic stability and other issues that aggregate to a satisfaction index. I have relocated from what is arguably the most miserable state in which to reside. NYC. It has consistently been at the top of rankings in which being at the top is bad, and at the bottom of rankings in which being at the bottom is bad, of a host of living quality indexes and has an overall satisfaction index that is next to abysmal. In spite of this millions of its residents would live nowhere else in the country, even if they were paid to do so. Maybe thats a good thing. I now reside in a part of the country that gets consistently high rankings for satisfaction index and is always in the top 5 "best places to live". It's a big state geographically but has a fairly low population thus a rather low population density. Could be its boring as hell to live here. I wouldn't know, maybe I am not easily bored. What I do know is if a majority of people want to live in NYC and choke down air that is so bad the Federal rating scale can't measure it because the bars don't close till 2am, more power to them. You can lead a horse to water...
Denmark Income tax rates are progressive:
39% on income up to €22,118
45% on income between €22,118 and €36,025
60% on income above €36,025
The majority of Danes are getting taxed at 60% and 45%.
On top of that tax, you pay 9% for social security, 8% for unemployment, and 1% for a pension. Don't forget muncipal taxes and a church tax.
Then you have a 25% Value Added Tax (national sales tax) on most everything you buy.
The biggest employer is the State.
Denmark is a nation of uniformity (Jante Law)
High Cost of Food
Gas per Gallon in Denmark: ~$9
Registration of a car costs 60% of its sales price.
No luxury cars or sports cars.
Waiting lists for home/apartment ownership.
Rented accommodation is either privately owned or owned by a non-profit building association. You can put your name down on a waiting list for an apartment. This means that you can rent the apartment when your name appears at the top of the list. But this may take many years. Ask a housing association.
Spent a few days in Copenhagen and Arhus and I had the greatest experience. I had been doing some research about Denmark especially given the fact that they are overall the happiest people in the world and the most satisfied with their health care system.
They make great counter depth, slender profile refrigerators too.
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