Why are living standards higher in Sweden than america?

vodkazvictim

Why save the world, when you can rule it?

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Sweden also has great healthcare and education systems.
 
Because they're willing to be taxed, and their federal administration spends responsibly, creating excellent public education and health care.
 
Mainly because they have maintained a positive Balance of Trade for decades. This is the driving relative wealth generator for the country...

Their taxation and spending policies are primarily internal, and tend to flatten out the distribution of wealth within their populace...
 

vodkazvictim

Why save the world, when you can rule it?
Because they're willing to be taxed, and their federal administration spends responsibly, creating excellent public education and health care.
Wait... does this look like something constructive happening in the flurry of threads I posted? Didn't you and I have a brief chinwag about how bad my posting was...?
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Mainly because they have maintained a positive Balance of Trade for decades. This is the driving relative wealth generator for the country...

Their taxation and spending policies are primarily internal, and tend to flatten out the distribution of wealth within their populace...
You say all this, but look how much better life is for them.
Surely the smart thing then is to imitate them in order to live like them?
:D
Waiting for the outcry when certain people realises what kind of government has taken us to where we are...
Remind me what kind of government that is again?
:D
BTW, how come you still count yourself as a Swede when you live in Holland, you bald cunt?
 
does the father have to be married to the mother for this benefit? Or just the baby daddy?
I'm not sure but considering ho liberal is Sweden, my guess would be that the father doesn't have to be married to the mother to be granted that "fatherhood leave".
 

Rey C.

Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
Why? Uh, cause how about we don't care?! So you got a better health care system. We don't care. So you got a better educational system. We don't care. I guess your kids can do math and understand science too? We don't care. That stuff ain't all that important anyway. We got access to Wikipedia. That's all ya need. Sweden is a horrible place in reality. I've seen pictures of it (on Wikipedia). It snows all the time (even in the summer time) and it's not uncommon for dragons to swoop down and pluck little babies out of their mother's arms. Plus, who wants to live in a place populated by large breasted blonde women? Ick!

We got lots and lots of stuff that you Swedeners don't have. Like... uh... like... well, the Super Bowl, for one! You don't have a Super Bowl, do ya?! Nah. And NASCAR. You don't have NASCAR. Plus, in my town alone, we have access to three Burger Kings, two McDonalds, a Pizza Hut, a Starbucks and a Walmart! I bet you don't have those kinds of luxuries in all of Sweden! You people are jealous of all that we have here. You're just jealous of our freedoms and stuff.

So what if our kids can't read, write or do math? Who cares?! So what if we're dying off like flies from diabetes because we eat too much shitty food? We don't care. We're U.S. 'Muricans and don't you forget it! Now leave us alone or we'll invade your country and take your oil! Where is Sweden, anyway? We don't know anything about geography either, so we'll just start bombing countries beginning with France and work our way north until we find you! You can run but you can't hide!

 
There is truth to much of what is posted.

Sweden has less than 3% of the population that the U.S. has. Size bring about all sorts of complexity. These are always fun comparisons, but Sweden doesn't have the challenges or assets the U.S. has.

I'm not arguing against the point (because the U.S. government in my opinion is going through a juvenile political period), but I wonder how you would state the case for a comparison for any country in the top 10 populated countries v. the U.S.?
 
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vodkazvictim

Why save the world, when you can rule it?
That could be a full time job. Making babies. It'll be like Clevon from Idiocracy.
I love you.
There is truth to much of what is posted.

Sweden has less than 3% of the population that the U.S. has. Size bring about all sorts of complexity. These are always fun comparisons, but Sweden doesn't have the challenges or assets the U.S. has.

I'm not arguing against the point (because the U.S. government in my opinion is going through a juvenile political period), but I wonder how you would state the case for a comparison for any country in the top 10 populated countries v. the U.S.?
Good point; i'd much rather live in america than china.
Frankly, I'm not sure that England is better to live in than the states, but right now my life is here.
Still, I'd prefer Canada.
 
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