HIFLYER2 posted:L. Cranston posted:So, basically, Republicans won't point to a 'Democratic Socialist' country because they're working? Providing a 'high level of security to its citizens' is Socialist. The previous Danish "President" was a Democratic Socialist, btw. Imagine that.
Because they are not!
"Therefore," he said, "I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy."
BTW we in America do provide help to people struggling via SNAPS, tution assistance in some cases and housing.
To a point, Denmark and Norway are socialist. They nationalized the North Sea oil and use that revenue to subsidize their welfare state. Norway claims the oil revenue provides about 20 percent of the government's revenue. However, that doesn't count the taxes paid by the company's employees, or the taxes paid by the companies that supply the goods and services to the oil company. Counting that the support is closer to 30 percent of the revenue. Oil is a wasting asset. What happens when the oil runs out?
Sweden used to be socialist -- taxes so high that they paid over 100 percent of annual income in taxes -- and left. Sweden cut taxes significantly and encouraged private enterprise. Sweden as no oil. Private oil refineries, a major revenue source, refine oil from all over.
"The government of Finland collapsed Friday due to the rising cost of universal health care and the prime minister's failure to enact reforms to the system.
Prime Minister Juha Sipila and the rest of the cabinet resigned after the governing coalition failed to pass reforms in parliament to the country's regional government and health services, the Wall Street Journal reports. Finland faces an aging population, with around 26 percent of its citizens expected to be over 65 by the year 2030, an increase of 5 percent from today." So much for Finland.