Yes, Socialism like they have in Venezuela is a basket case, everybody
knows that. Therefore, why push it upon Americans? Especially when
most don’t want it?
The Democrat Politicians= Forcing things upon the Majority of Americans that don’t
want it at the time. But hey, Democrat Politicians figure, that over time they can
get enough people to come around on everything that they force upon us.
You didn’t respond to the question about Nordic countries.
Nobody wants to be like Venezuela but a lot of folks think being a bit more like the Nordic countries would be a good thing.
-Norway, Sweden is not socialist. I don’t think many left leaners would want Sweden. The rich in the US pay much more in taxes than the Swedes, though the money they make is only slightly more. The liberals in the US don’t advertise that poor people along with rich in Sweden pay about 65% in personal income taxes. AOC wants only the tippy top to pay 70%. The corporate tax in Sweden is about 21 or 22%, you know what Trump got the corporate tax down to. They do have socialized medicine sure, and their health is better, but their health was better before it went socialized, so it wasn’t socialized medicine that made it better. They do have long wait periods like any national health care, but what has made it better recently is privatizing it: The Market is Taking Over Sweden’s Health Care | Per Bylund.
Since 2010 everyone now has a choice for private health care in Sweden. So Sanders and Harris bid to get rid of all private insurance doesn’t match Sweden. Now in reference to other stuff, liberals don’t want what Sweden has… There is no minimum wage, Bernie wants to push ours up, (though granted they do have more unionism than here). They are all for school choice, (perhaps they can send people to help Betsy DeVos implement school choice). In energy, it is private industry that controls it with the US liberals wanting the government to mandate what energy is produced. So conservatives have more in common with Sweden than most think except for the high personal income taxes and nationalized medicine. Conservatives would like more like Switzerland, where though every one is required to have health care, it is all privatized. But the idea that liberals want to emulate a country like Sweden is far from the truth since the policies they push is not what Sweden actually has.
Those on the Left (for the most part, Bernie is wrong) look to the Nordic countries as an example/template for what the US could have. If you agree that the Nordic countries aren’t socialist then perhaps it’s time to drop the “all Democrats are socialists” nonsense. (Not meant personally towards you.)
There is much less income disparity and little poverty as we have in the US. Taxes are higher but social benefits are too, which includes more than just healthcare. As for minimum wage, technically you are right but by law all workers are covered by collective bargaining agreements which amounts to the same thing.
I know a number of people that live, or have lived, in the Nordic countries, primarily Finland and, like Americas they complain about taxes but would never trade what they have with what we have here.
You don’t see a lot of Nordics moving here.
Well, since I’ve studied Sweden more than Norway/Finland I can only speak to Sweden. They had a huge welfare state in the 90s, which is more like the model of the Democratic Presidential candidates, but it was them going away from the welfare state in the 90s and privatizing everything that made it less socialist, and the economy was able to grow. I know that 10% of the US have 73or 74% of the wealth, or earnings, and 10% Sweden has about 65% of the earnings, and the others fairly close to that. So the wealth gap from the upper echelons to the rest of society is not that much different. And I know that the upper quintile of the US taxpayers pay more proportionately than the rich in Sweden. I do know in Sweden that about 2/3rd are unionized, but one third is not, so there being no minimum wage is impactful for one third of the population. With that said, I will admit that our bottom in poverty is probably worse than theirs. However, a main factor into that is how bad people take care of themselves in the US, with health problems self inflicted that any kind of system will lead to more problems. Also, the US is a world leader militarily and we have to spend a lot more on that, that Sweden, Norway, don’t have to deal with, which makes it harder for the US in that area.
Bernie and AOC are old fashioned socialists, both out of touch with reality. They both criticize capitalism, in the past proposed Nationalizing oil. He lauded Russia in 1988 before it collapsed, and spoke of Venezuela highly as well. Also, in reference to health care it is important to know many Democratic candidates, at least Bernie and Harris want no private insurance, unlike Sweden. Right now many people in Medicare have supplemental private insurance to make it more reasonable. AARP advertises it, but Bernie and Harris at least want to get rid of it. Warren, Booker, Peter B (don’t know how to spell) are also for socialized medicine, not sure if they are for the extermination of private insurance. In any case as noted in my earlier posts, the Democrats referring to Sweden as a model is a fraud, since they are against the very things that Sweden did, to get their economic health on the upswing.
if the Democrat Politicians keep their seats, it will only be a matter of time
until America is like Venezuela, and the Democrat voters will be at fault for
getting us there.
I agree with this. He said it better than I could.
One could also ask: What makes America (I mean The United States of America) not so great?
Is the glass half empty, or half full?
Democrat Point of View- Why is America not so Great?
Conservative Point of View- Why Is America Great?
Doesn’t answer the question. C- on your lab report.
And that was a gift.
Democrat Politicians and their Politically Correct **, make America not so great. lmao!!!
and that sounds about right. I was never that good at book smarts.
I was more of a C type student.
I’d be more of the type of person that actually lived it first hand, and be
the person writing the book, that others read to learn what I have, first hand
knowledge of.
Huh? Sounds a little sophomoric. I’ve authored two books. So what?
What common sense would tell a normal person what I was trying to say, is that
I have a lot more street smarts than you do.
I’m taking a wild shot in the dark here, but I’m guessing your two authored books
are being written mainly from knowledge that you’ve learned in college, and read
from other books(aka book smarts), and the very little logic, and street smarts
that you think that you have. lol.
But in reality, you’re simply another hack writing a book, that probably doesn’t sound to different than everyone else that writes a book to other scholars. lol.
Yes. Those books do contain knowledge. How do you know how or where that knowledge was gathered? Oh, that’s right, you’re taking a shot in the dark. I guess that’s what street smart people do.
So does a lot of your knowledge actually come from a first hand average joe’s perspective in life, or have you been pampered, and you’re simply here making me type another sentences to act like you do have lots of street smarts?
I’m not making you do anything. I’m trying to figure out what your problem is with the two books I have written?
So no first hand average joe perspective then I take it?
Like I said, there are several people with book smarts and college degrees
that write books, but it still doesn’t mean that they’re anything special just
because they do.
