9 Crucial Ways Denmark is Superior to the US

[Dogmaphobe]

Why would I move just because it is superior? My life and family is here. I would prefer to fix what’s wrong with the US instead of leave it.

Well, your leaving would certainly fix SOME of what is wrong with America.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Lol you repubs really can’t help but prove that you are the true snowflakes. Someone is waaayyyy too triggered.

Why don't you tie an anvil to your waist and go swimming.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Well, your leaving would certainly fix SOME of what is wrong with America.

Not to mention raise it's collective IQ.

 

[initforme]

We are the richest nation in the world. There's zero reason for anyone to go bankrupt because of a severe illness. That's terrible.

 

[Markle]

Denmarks average income is about $79,000 year US.

The average in US is about $60,000

Denmark has an upward tax rate of 52%, and the cost of everything is high.

Sounds like the Denmark government takes most everything and pays for all those services.

Also, as far as being wealthy..

The US has about 24 million millionaires..that’s .6% of the population of 360 million

Denmark has 385,000 millionaires in a population of 6 million..which is also…. .6%

That 52% does not include their 25% Value Added Tax (VAT), which is a staggering amount.

 

[IDIOCRACY]

The evidence is quite compelling. Repubs like to think that both they, and the US, is superior to anyone else in the world but the truth is countries like Denmark are really just laughing at them.

1) Unemployed workers get 90% of their previous salary for two years.

Denmark has a tremendous social safety net for unemployed workers — any worker who worked at least 52 weeks over a three-year period can qualify to have 90 percent of their original salarypaid for, for up to two years. The Danish government also has plentiful training programs for out-of-work Danes. As a result, 73 percent of Danes between 15 and 64 have a paying job, compared to 67 percent of Americans.

2) Denmark spends far less on healthcare than the US does.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the US spends twice as much per capita on healthcare than in Denmark, where taxpayer-funded universal healthcare is available for all citizens.2009 OECD data shows that the U.S. spent an average of $7,290 per person on healthcare. Denmark spent just $3,512. World Bank data, as seen in the chart above, shows Danish healthcare costs are about $3,000 less per capita than in the US.

3) Denmark is the happiest place on Earth

The World Happiness Report, which determines which nation’s population is the “happiest” using criteria like life expectancy, GDP, social safety nets, as well as factors like “perception of corruption” and “freedom to make life choices,” found that Denmark was the happiest country. The US, in the meantime, ranked #17 on the same list.

4)Denmark has the shortest work week on average.

Denmark leads every other OECD nation in work-life balance. Danes work an average of 37 hours a week, earn an average of $46,000 USD annually, and have the right to 5 weeks of paid vacation per year. Here in the US, the average worker puts in an average of 47 hours a week, and only takes 16 days of vacation a year. This is largely due to a more stressful work climate, in which wages are stagnating while costs are rising. Combine that with a highly-competitive job market, and that means more Americans are willing to chain themselves to their desk then to risk taking vacation days and coming back to find someone else took their job.

5) Denmark pays students $900 per month to attend college.

Here in the US, the cost of going to college has soared by over 500 percent in the last 30 years. But in Denmark, not only is college free, but students are actually paid $900 USD per month to go to school, provided they live on their own. And this funding lasts up to six years. By contrast, the average US student pays over $31,000 a year in tuition to attend a private university, out-of-state residents at public universities pay $22,000 a year in tuition, and tuition costs for in-state residents at those same universities is still over $9,000.

6) Denmark has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.

In Denmark, despite a short work week and a generous social safety net, workers make more than enough to meet basic needs. According to per capita income data from the World Bank, Denmark’s per capita income is roughly $5,000 higher than in the US.

7) Denmark has one of the lowest poverty rates. The US has one of the highest.

The benefits of living in Denmark are far-reaching — out of all OECD countries, Denmark has the second-lowest poverty rate at 0.6 percent. To compare, the OECD average of 11.3 percent is still lower than the 14.5 percent poverty rate in the US.

8) Denmark is rated #1 for best country for business

In 2014, Forbes ranked Denmark as the #1 best country for business.

Forbes used 11 different criteria to rank countries — innovation, property rights, red tape, taxes, investor protection, stock market performance, technology, corruption, personal freedom, freedom of trade, and monetary freedom.

Under the same criteria, the US ranked #18.

9) New parents in Denmark get 52 weeks of paid leave. US parents don't get shit.

The Danish government gives new parents an average of 52 weeks — a full year — of paid time off after having a child. Those 52 weeks can be allocated however the parents wish. In addition to the 52 weeks, new moms get 4 weeks of maternity leave before giving birth and 14 weeks after. Even new fathers get 2 additional weeks after the birth of their child. But here in the US, 1 in 4 new mothers go back to work within two weeks of having a child.

This is what Democratic Socialism really looks like. Is this the dystopian nightmare that Republicans are making it out to be, or an ideal vision of what Americans could have if we came together and demanded it from our government?


Here are 9 reasons Denmark's socialist economy leaves the US in the dust

I read u don't have anything to critic the Republicans for, but u couldn't help your sad state, so u pulled something out of your butt

 

[ThisIsMe]

One won't go bankrupt over medical bills there. One can go bankrupt here for medical reasons, in the richest nation on earth. Something is wrong with that. Very wrong.

Sure, again, we have 355 million more people than they do, our government was not set up like theirs.

I’m sure their system works just fine, but again..they only have 6 million people. If they were a nation of 50 states, and 360 million people, do you think it would be the same?

There, their government is a monarchy, they have a king, here, we have a republic, with elected officials.

The difference are just too great.

Would it be nice having all those benefits? Sure. But high taxes and super high cost of living are also to be considered.

 

[initforme]

Sure, again, we have 355 million more people than they do, our government was not set up like theirs.

I’m sure their system works just fine, but again..they only have 6 million people. If they were a nation of 50 states, and 360 million people, do you think it would be the same?

There, their government is a monarchy, they have a king, here, we have a republic, with elected officials.

The difference are just too great.

Would it be nice having all those benefits? Sure. But high taxes and super high cost of living are also to be considered.

It's a trade off no doubt.

 

[ThisIsMe]

That high tax rate pays for their healthcare needs. It’s what pays for the programs I listed. Americans pay for healthcare out of their pockets.
Their median income is still higher after taxes. It doesn’t make any sense to compute the average income. The extremes of wealth is going to skew that number. That doesn’t actually give a picture of what the middle of the road earners make. All in all, we know their system is better because they are among the top happiest people in the world. What’s your explanation for that?

Again, it’s great they can do all that. 6 million people is a much easier population to manage. Would they be able to sustain that kind of benefit with 360 million people?

The wealth distribution really doesn’t change anything. Both countries have a population where .6% are millionaires.

The percentage of billionaires in the U.S. is .0000021%, the percentage of billionaires in Denmark is .0000013%. The point being that it seems the wealth gap is roughly the same. So average income results shouldn’t change.

Yes, on average their people make about $20,000 per year more, gross income.

End of Pandemic-Era Expanded Federal Tax Programs Results in Lower Income, Higher Poverty

The expiration of expansions to federal programs during COVID-19 resulted in lower post-tax household income and higher poverty rates.

www.census.gov

I’ve looked up the numbers and they change depending on what site you go to, but judging from what I’ve seen, average salary is about the same, but their taxes are a lot higher. Though, I will admit that I have seen some sites that say their after tax income is about the same, which considering the high taxes they pay WOULD indicate a higher salary…it’s all so confusing because of all the different numbers.

As to why they are the happiest? Probably because their government pays for everything. The difference though..is the government. They are a monarchy..they have a king…imagine if our government paid for everything, with our system of elected officials, your benefits might change every time the majority changes hands.

 

[Markle]

One won't go bankrupt over medical bills there. One can go bankrupt here for medical reasons, in the richest nation on earth. Something is wrong with that. Very wrong.

The "study" you refer to is by...ta da...Elizabeth Warren. The criteria they used for designating a bankruptcy was for medical reasons if the claimant had $1,000 in medical debt regardless of how much other debt they had.

 

[Markle]

That high tax rate pays for their healthcare needs. It’s what pays for the programs I listed. Americans pay for healthcare out of their pockets.
Their median income is still higher after taxes. It doesn’t make any sense to compute the average income. The extremes of wealth is going to skew that number. That doesn’t actually give a picture of what the middle of the road earners make. All in all, we know their system is better because they are among the top happiest people in the world. What’s your explanation for that?

 

[Billy000]

Again, it’s great they can do all that. 6 million people is a much easier population to manage. Would they be able to sustain that kind of benefit with 360 million people?

The wealth distribution really doesn’t change anything. Both countries have a population where .6% are millionaires.

The percentage of billionaires in the U.S. is .0000021%, the percentage of billionaires in Denmark is .0000013%. The point being that it seems the wealth gap is roughly the same. So average income results shouldn’t change.

Yes, on average their people make about $20,000 per year more, gross income.

End of Pandemic-Era Expanded Federal Tax Programs Results in Lower Income, Higher Poverty

The expiration of expansions to federal programs during COVID-19 resulted in lower post-tax household income and higher poverty rates.

www.census.gov

I’ve looked up the numbers and they change depending on what site you go to, but judging from what I’ve seen, average salary is about the same, but their taxes are a lot higher. Though, I will admit that I have seen some sites that say their after tax income is about the same, which considering the high taxes they pay WOULD indicate a higher salary…it’s all so confusing because of all the different numbers.

As to why they are the happiest? Probably because their government pays for everything. The difference though..is the government. They are a monarchy..they have a king…imagine if our government paid for everything, with our system of elected officials, your benefits might change every time the majority changes hands.

You’re just pretending the government pays for everything when they don’t. They pay for healthcare rather than having their citizens pay ridiculous out of pocket for profit costs. America’s for profit system is what really fucks people over. That is why healthcare costs are lower there.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

The evidence is quite compelling. Repubs like to think that both they, and the US, is superior to anyone else in the world but the truth is countries like Denmark are really just laughing at them.

1) Unemployed workers get 90% of their previous salary for two years.

Denmark has a tremendous social safety net for unemployed workers — any worker who worked at least 52 weeks over a three-year period can qualify to have 90 percent of their original salarypaid for, for up to two years. The Danish government also has plentiful training programs for out-of-work Danes. As a result, 73 percent of Danes between 15 and 64 have a paying job, compared to 67 percent of Americans.

2) Denmark spends far less on healthcare than the US does.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the US spends twice as much per capita on healthcare than in Denmark, where taxpayer-funded universal healthcare is available for all citizens.2009 OECD data shows that the U.S. spent an average of $7,290 per person on healthcare. Denmark spent just $3,512. World Bank data, as seen in the chart above, shows Danish healthcare costs are about $3,000 less per capita than in the US.

3) Denmark is the happiest place on Earth

The World Happiness Report, which determines which nation’s population is the “happiest” using criteria like life expectancy, GDP, social safety nets, as well as factors like “perception of corruption” and “freedom to make life choices,” found that Denmark was the happiest country. The US, in the meantime, ranked #17 on the same list.

4)Denmark has the shortest work week on average.

Denmark leads every other OECD nation in work-life balance. Danes work an average of 37 hours a week, earn an average of $46,000 USD annually, and have the right to 5 weeks of paid vacation per year. Here in the US, the average worker puts in an average of 47 hours a week, and only takes 16 days of vacation a year. This is largely due to a more stressful work climate, in which wages are stagnating while costs are rising. Combine that with a highly-competitive job market, and that means more Americans are willing to chain themselves to their desk then to risk taking vacation days and coming back to find someone else took their job.

5) Denmark pays students $900 per month to attend college.

Here in the US, the cost of going to college has soared by over 500 percent in the last 30 years. But in Denmark, not only is college free, but students are actually paid $900 USD per month to go to school, provided they live on their own. And this funding lasts up to six years. By contrast, the average US student pays over $31,000 a year in tuition to attend a private university, out-of-state residents at public universities pay $22,000 a year in tuition, and tuition costs for in-state residents at those same universities is still over $9,000.

6) Denmark has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.

In Denmark, despite a short work week and a generous social safety net, workers make more than enough to meet basic needs. According to per capita income data from the World Bank, Denmark’s per capita income is roughly $5,000 higher than in the US.

7) Denmark has one of the lowest poverty rates. The US has one of the highest.

The benefits of living in Denmark are far-reaching — out of all OECD countries, Denmark has the second-lowest poverty rate at 0.6 percent. To compare, the OECD average of 11.3 percent is still lower than the 14.5 percent poverty rate in the US.

8) Denmark is rated #1 for best country for business

In 2014, Forbes ranked Denmark as the #1 best country for business.

Forbes used 11 different criteria to rank countries — innovation, property rights, red tape, taxes, investor protection, stock market performance, technology, corruption, personal freedom, freedom of trade, and monetary freedom.

Under the same criteria, the US ranked #18.

9) New parents in Denmark get 52 weeks of paid leave. US parents don't get shit.

The Danish government gives new parents an average of 52 weeks — a full year — of paid time off after having a child. Those 52 weeks can be allocated however the parents wish. In addition to the 52 weeks, new moms get 4 weeks of maternity leave before giving birth and 14 weeks after. Even new fathers get 2 additional weeks after the birth of their child. But here in the US, 1 in 4 new mothers go back to work within two weeks of having a child.

This is what Democratic Socialism really looks like. Is this the dystopian nightmare that Republicans are making it out to be, or an ideal vision of what Americans could have if we came together and demanded it from our government?


Here are 9 reasons Denmark's socialist economy leaves the US in the dust

10) Denmark is Lilly white which makes you a racist.

 

[Billy000]

10) Denmark is Lilly white which makes you a racist.

What are you even trying to say? lol this is so dumb.

 

[Billy000]

“One way to analyze the level of taxation on wage income is to look at the so-called “tax wedge,” which shows the difference between an employer’s cost of an employee and the employee’s net disposable income.

In 2021, the tax wedge for a single worker with no children earning a nation’s average wage was 35.4 percent in Denmark, 36.0 percent in Norway, and 42.6 percent in Sweden. The tax wedges of the Scandinavian countries are now higher than the U.S. tax wedge of 28.4 percent and the OECD average of 34.6 percent.”

Think about what it means for the US to
be just 7% lower. Their healthcare and university is all paid for. They don’t have
to contend with huge medical OOP costs per year. Students don’t have to contend with student debt. That 7% doesn’t even come close to being offset

Oh as a reminder, they are among the happiest citizens in the world. The US is a lot lower. Gee I wonder why?

 

[Markle]

“One way to analyze the level of taxation on wage income is to look at the so-called “tax wedge,” which shows the difference between an employer’s cost of an employee and the employee’s net disposable income.

In 2021, the tax wedge for a single worker with no children earning a nation’s average wage was 35.4 percent in Denmark, 36.0 percent in Norway, and 42.6 percent in Sweden. The tax wedges of the Scandinavian countries are now higher than the U.S. tax wedge of 28.4 percent and the OECD average of 34.6 percent.”

Think about what it means for the US to
be just 7% lower. Their healthcare and university is all paid for. They don’t have
to contend with huge medical OOP costs per year. Students don’t have to contend with student debt. That 7% doesn’t even come close to being offset

Oh as a reminder, they are among the happiest citizens in the world. The US is a lot lower. Gee I wonder why?

52.07%
In Denmark, an individual who is fully tax resident is generally taxed according to the ordinary tax scheme, with rates up to 52.07% (55.90% including AM tax) in 2023. Income from employment or self-employment is taxed at 8% before income tax, and income below a certain threshold is tax-free but subject to the gross tax1

PLUS 25% VALUE ADDED TAX.
Plus, when asked why they rated happier, the Danes had no clue.

 

[Billy000]

52.07%
In Denmark, an individual who is fully tax resident is generally taxed according to the ordinary tax scheme, with rates up to 52.07% (55.90% including AM tax) in 2023. Income from employment or self-employment is taxed at 8% before income tax, and income below a certain threshold is tax-free but subject to the gross tax1

PLUS 25% VALUE ADDED TAX.
Plus, when asked why they rated happier, the Danes had no clue.

Hey moron 1) your source doesn’t dispute mine. Why? Because that wording of YOUR OWN source says that the tax rate is UP TO 52% . That would obviously apply top earners. That obviously wouldn’t apply to the middle class. If you’re going to randomly google for facts you desperately want to counter mine, at least have it make sense. 2) I have no idea what you mean by them not knowing, but it’s such a stupid argument anyway. If Denmark was this dystopian socialist wasteland as you all like to claim, obviously they wouldn’t rank as the happiest of citizens.

Moron

 

[Billy000]

52.07%
In Denmark, an individual who is fully tax resident is generally taxed according to the ordinary tax scheme, with rates up to 52.07% (55.90% including AM tax) in 2023. Income from employment or self-employment is taxed at 8% before income tax, and income below a certain threshold is tax-free but subject to the gross tax1

PLUS 25% VALUE ADDED TAX.
Plus, when asked why they rated happier, the Danes had no clue.

Plus here is what you conveniently left out because you’re a complete pussy:

“Anumber of deductions are applicable; consequently, the effective tax rate is lower in most cases.“

 

[Markle]

Plus here is what you conveniently left out because you’re a complete pussy:

“Anumber of deductions are applicable; consequently, the effective tax rate is lower in most cases.“

As you know, their taxes are far higher than here in the United States.