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There has been a very large increase in the number of Danes who buy private health insurance. Wonder why....
About 16% of Revenue comes from private sources...
Guess what, some Danes don't totally trust there government. So you can take out private health insurance...
Progressives do not understand the real divide in this country, it is not race or financial. It is rural and urban.I am not as familiar with the Danish system as I am with the Norwegian system but they are relatively similar for the most part as is the systems in other Scandinavian countries. That being said they are not “socialist” in the same way that say Bernie Sanders or AOC are in my opinion. Many democrats in America and democratic socialists in this country often blame capitalism for our troubles and lean more towards a socialist/communistic mindset sometimes. Countries like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and others do not/did not abandon capitalism and free markets but instead blend that with socialistic policies that benefit citizens and help maintain the welfare state (different from what Americans translates as welfare). It’s a marriage basically of capitalism and socialism that ensures freedom and growth but also ensures consistency and safety nets. That doesn’t mean would work here with it tweaking it but the successes also shouldn’t be ignored or discarded in my opinion.
Progressives do not understand the real divide in this country, it is not race or financial. It is rural and urban.
Polar opposite’s, what works for one certainly will not work for the other…
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
It's one of the biggest reasons why so many people of Germanic descent changed their names in the 1920's. Anti-German, anti-socialist sentiments in the US.
I always get a kick out of those who try and compare a country to the U.S. it always shows how terribly uninformed they are. Comparing Denmark to the U.S. is like comparing an apple to a bus, they can be the same color but that is where the similarity ends.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
You don't think the racial population of a country has any effect? If you exchanged the entire populations of Hounduras and Denmark, in 10 years which continent would have a new shit hole?10) Denmark is almost all white.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
So what you are saying is, it is black people who ruin America....
But that isn't racist....
did denmark profit... - SearchDidn't Denmark benefit from the slave trade...
Danes pay around $80k for a new Honda.
Then they pay $7 a gallon for gas. Their rent is atrocious IF they can find a house under 150 years old to rent, their Health Care SUCKS
Denmark is a shithole.
dimocrap scum believe what they want.
Been there, done that. It's a shithole.
The people are lazy, indolent, completely unmotivated dolts. Nearly half the Adult population is on psychotropic drugs, and tehy have lost the will to live.
In fact, it's so bad over there that the young people don't even bother to breed anymore.
What do you think the 'immigration crisis' was really all about?
Since you're stupid, I'll tell in simple terms.
The Danes (and the dirty Scandis in general) aren't having enough children, going to work to pay for the benefits for the older , retiring people. So they gotta import all these other 'people'
Denmark is a fucking disaster.
A perfect place for dimocrap scum. I highly recommend it to you. You'll fit right in.
BTW, contrary to popular belief, the Teutonic Tribes are extremely socialistic. Always have been. Long story. But, think Hitler.
It's one of the biggest reasons why so many people of Germanic descent changed their names in the 1920's. Anti-German, anti-socialist sentiments in the US.
That's a pathetically hackneyed response. on several fronts. Besides the ridiculous premise, Honduras is 1% white and I have no idea what Portugal has to do with it.Well lets look at this:
Honduras has been constantly used as a US proxy war on Communism and Drugs.
Denmark has peace and prosperity for almost 85 years with free trade with its neighbors for almost half a century...
Let you forget Honduras is 90% Spanish/Portugese ethnically....
America destabilised Honduras and kept it that way...
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
