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Not really, they can't afford to. If you are talking about taking a train a few miles to the next country like us going from one state to another you might be right, but they aren't going to other continents.
Not really, they can't afford to. If you are talking about taking a train a few miles to the next country like us going from one state to another you might be right, but they aren't going to other continents.
Not really. According to the US government, the US registered 305 331 visitors from Denmark in 2014. That is about 6% of the population of the country visiting the US in one year. In comparison, 0.08% of the Indian population visited the US in 2014. So people in Denmark visited the US at a rate of almost 100 times more than people in India last year.
I'm not sure. The medical system is 5-8% tax, and the mass transportation is not so costly and covers itself with the ticket prices.
In fact, 44% of health care spending in the US is public spending. That is pretty much the exact cost of the health care system in Western European countries. The American people pay about as much in taxes now for health care as other developed countries use on their universal health care system. The inefficiencies and waste in the US system is astounding.
Funny you posted this. I saw an episode of Oprah where she was in Denmark talking to a local there and the propaganda was amazing. I use it as an example all the time. Oprah saw all the people riding bikes and not driving cars and she framed it as if they really care about the environment that's why they don't drive and the stupid local woman said "oh yeah, we take the environment very seriously." Then Oprah was taken inside her dinky little one room apartment and asked, "Where are your closets?" The local woman said "we don't have closets". Oprah responded with "Where do you keep all your stuff?" She replied, "We don't have stuff, we have what we need, food, drink and healthcare". The local woman went on to brag about how they can get UE for years upon years and how much they get for their taxes paid. Those people over there don't know what real life is like, they are drones to the system and don't know any better. Funny watching people pile in bags of groceries into their three wheeled bicycles. No thanks!!!!! One more thing, gas was over $10/gal
There is some truth to this, but we are a consumer oriented country now, where 75% of our work is service oriented, living in a Global consumer debt world, us leading the charge.........not working, will fail, is failing and finally no thanks.
In fact, 44% of health care spending in the US is public spending. That is pretty much the exact cost of the health care system in Western European countries. The American people pay about as much in taxes now for health care as other developed countries use on their universal health care system. The inefficiencies and wasate in the US system is astounding.
Go to Denmark (I've been twice). Lovely country, lovely people, and you won't see the 'horrors' you are prattling on about. The last time we visited it happened to be the weekend when students were graduating from high school: their tradition is that said students wear sailor's caps, in recognition of their seafaring history. It was a lot of fun to see the students having fun.
In Copenhagen, visit the Tivoli Gardens, where Walt Disney (while visiting with his wife and Art Linkletter and his wife), was inspired to build Disneyland.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” Mark Twain.
Well, damn! I keep thinking I have good ideas, and old Mark Twain has hit on almost all of them before my Great Grandpa was a gleam in anyone's eye! Coming from Missouri (home or Rush Limbaugh), he surely had some first hand experience with folks who had all the answers about everyone, but had never been out of their own hollow.
I lived for a couple years in Sweden many years ago. It was an eye opener. The cities were far more organized, cleaner, and had a generally nicer lifestyle than most of us. And they knew a bunch more about the world.
The population of Denmark is about the same as Houston and Chicago, combined.
Everyone is taxed 8% of their income before deductions and has skin in the game. The total of all progressive taxes is capped at 51.5%.
There are state, municipal and land taxes not to mention the 25% VAT, too.
63% own their own homes which are, on average, half the square footage of a U.S. home. 1/3 ride bikes everywhere and their appearances reflect their physical fitness.
About 3% of government spending goes towards defense and their incarceration rate is 73 compared to a mind blowing 707 in the U.S.
People don't worry about paying for healthcare, university education, paying the bills if they become employed or eating cat food when they become too old to work. They don't have the same motivations to save as the U.S. people, despite that most U.S. people don't.
Despite high taxes, Denmark consistently ranks as the happiest population in the world.
Well, I will certainly follow this with interest. It appears I know a lot of wealthy Danes, what with car ownership being such a privilege.
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