Hmmm Denmark is now considered the happiest place in the world (Semi-socialists?)
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(Univ. of Leicester and Erasmus University: "World Database of Happiness"/"World Map of Happiness")(World Gallup Poll as reported on Forbes.com)
A few facts:
- Has one of the highest taxes in the world (approx 50%-70%)
- Add to that, one of the worlds highest sales taxes (25% !)
- Entirely free healthcare
-Entirely free education. All of it, even university. They get paid to go to school. (No student loans)
- Free childcare
-Free elderly care
- One year paid maternity/parental leave
-They are not a consumer-oriented society. Less "stuff", little advertising.
Two fundamental concepts:
Velfordsstat:each member of the society has equal rights and access to social support and social benefits
Jante-lov: you're no better than anyone else. "There is no bowing and scraping to anyone"
According to the Danes, their people are happier because they don't obsess over acquiring money to get "things". Everybody there is equal. The garbage man (who works a 5 hour day) lives right next door to a banker.
U.S. came in 41st.
A few facts:
- Has one of the highest taxes in the world (approx 50%-70%)
- Add to that, one of the worlds highest sales taxes (25% !)
- Entirely free healthcare
-Entirely free education. All of it, even university. They get paid to go to school. (No student loans)
- Free childcare
-Free elderly care
- One year paid maternity/parental leave
-They are not a consumer-oriented society. Less "stuff", little advertising.
Two fundamental concepts:
Velfordsstat:each member of the society has equal rights and access to social support and social benefits
Jante-lov: you're no better than anyone else. "There is no bowing and scraping to anyone"
According to the Danes, their people are happier because they don't obsess over acquiring money to get "things". Everybody there is equal. The garbage man (who works a 5 hour day) lives right next door to a banker.
U.S. came in 41st.
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i question the ideology, ethnicites & regions of the people surveyed
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thats pretty interesting.
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Cot damn at those taxes!! Yea everything else should be free
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Obviously there is a tradeoff.
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nice, i wouldn't mind living there
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*Camron gif*..puescobar85 wrote: »nice, i wouldn't mind living there -
high taxes and free healthcare. i'd rather live where i'm at now.
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i question the ideology, ethnicites & regions of the people surveyed
Why, why, and why? -
Liesss ! Irelands the happiest place in the world
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50-70% taxes? Yep I'm broke as hell but I got "free" health care.
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blue falcon wrote: »50-70% taxes? Yep I'm broke as hell but I got "free" health care.
Except the poverty rate in Denmark is extremely low. So you're not broke at all. And you don't have to haggle with insurance companies every time. -
yeah if everybody is broke I would guess that the poverty rate would be pretty low.
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No this doesn't mean they're broke. They've got a very adequate standard of living; even by U.S. standards
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blue falcon wrote: »yeah if everybody is broke I would guess that the poverty rate would be pretty low.
You're reading stats backwards. If the poverty rate is low, few people are in poverty. If the poverty rate is high, many people are in poverty.
People in Denmark ain't broke.
But I question the threadstarter's assertion that they're not a consumerist society. They're one of the biggest electricity users per capita. All of the top electricity users per capita countries are also the highest rated for happiness. Coincidence? No, people are happy when they've got lots of technological creature comforts. And their nerd toys are not subsidized by the gubment, to the best of my knowledge. -
US taxes used to be around the same. That is the roaring 50's and 60's everyone talks about.
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I live in Denmark and it´s a pretty nice place to stay....It would be perfect if there wasn´t so much anti-muslim sentiments, but you cant have it all right?
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Liesss ! Irelands the happiest place in the world
You obviously mustn't live here then. -
denmark sounds cool high taxes are all good if most everything is free
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So say you make 1500 every 2 weeks, your telling me that i'm going to be taxed at least 750 off top? Half my check just gone like that! Is rent free in Denmark too? Are groceries half off every day? There has to be more to this. 50-75% in taxes is a lot of money. I know you get free healthcare and education, but how bout basic needs? Cost of living? You make 3,000 a month, but your only taking home half. 1500 a month to live on? That's the cost of a mortgage for most people in the States.
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its a progressive income tax, so if youre making that tiny sum of money, youre not getting taxed nearly as much as you think
and with education free and a bunch of other stuff like healthcare already paid for, youd be just fine -
may i add, the majority of them do not believe in ? either.
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Hyde Parke wrote: »may i add, the majority of them do not believe in ? either.
Sucks to be them on the day of judgment. -
DoUwant2go2Heaven? wrote: »Sucks to be them on the day of judgment.
well they may just skip that part entirely since they believe there is no ? . -
"When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes; all he expected from his power comes to nothing." Proverbs 11:7Hyde Parke wrote: »well they may just skip that part entirely since they believe there is no ? .
Their expectation will perish the day ? requires their soul. -
Why y'all happy to worship a ? that's sending most of humanity to a lake of fire forever? Y'all sadists.
