9 reasons Denmark's government/economy is better than the US's

[Billy000]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

 

[Brain357]

They also have a great pension.

 

[Wyatt earp]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

AGAIN who the he'll is protecting them?


The U.S.Military and U.S. tax payers.


.

 

[TNHarley]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

idk. do you know why their suicide rate is higher than ours?

 

[Billy000]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

AGAIN who the he'll is protecting them?


The U.S.Military and U.S. tax payers.


.

The US tax payers? Dude get over yourself. You aren't in anyway superior to the system of Denmark.

 

[Billy000]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

idk. do you know why their suicide rate is higher than ours?

What sense would that make? They rank as the happiest people on earth.

 

[Brain357]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

idk. do you know why their suicide rate is higher than ours?

Long dark winters.

 

[Markle]

The evidence is quite compelling. This is the kind of stuff I love rubbing in republicans' faces. 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 salary paid 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

Socialists think this is a paradise! Population, 5.6 MILLION people willing to have no opportunity to advance or drop back in the economy. You just can't make up these things!

 

[TNHarley]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

idk. do you know why their suicide rate is higher than ours?

What sense would that make? They rank as the happiest people on earth.

Thats what the data says.. A lot of countries that rank high kill themselves at a high rate. Hell man, even Mexico made the top ten last year! lol take that shit for face value

 

[Brain357]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

idk. do you know why their suicide rate is higher than ours?

Internet graphic says suicide rate is much higher in Denmark than United States


So by 2012, Denmark’s suicide rate was lower than the United States, not higher -- 8.8 people per 100,000 in Denmark, compared to 12.1 per 100,000 in the United States.

 

[Billy000]

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

idk. do you know why their suicide rate is higher than ours?

What sense would that make? They rank as the happiest people on earth.

Thats what the data says.. A lot of countries that rank high kill themselves at a high rate. Hell man, even Mexico made the top ten last year! lol take that shit for face value

Ok obviously a link is necessary.

 

[Brain357]

The evidence is quite compelling. This is the kind of stuff I love rubbing in republicans' faces. 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 salary paid 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

Socialists think this is a paradise! Population, 5.6 MILLION people willing to have no opportunity to advance or drop back in the economy. You just can't make up these things!

U.S. lags behind peer countries in mobility

 

[TNHarley]

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

There's the equivalent of the federal income tax which tops out at 56% and every town city and municipality also taxes income those rates range from 20-27%

If you live in Copenhagen the municipal tax rate is 24% added to the governmental income tax. And then there's that 25% sales tax

Yeah great place to work if you want most of your money going to the fucking government to pay for lazy fucks like Billy here

Ah how convenient for you to forget that the percentage of those who have jobs in Denmark is higher than that of the US.

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

.

If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

idk. do you know why their suicide rate is higher than ours?

Internet graphic says suicide rate is much higher in Denmark than United States


So by 2012, Denmark’s suicide rate was lower than the United States, not higher -- 8.8 people per 100,000 in Denmark, compared to 12.1 per 100,000 in the United States.

Perhaps. I haven't seen revised data. Its been a few years. But since you mentioned that, back in like 07 or 08 the US was at almost 18%

 

[Markle]

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Wow you don't know how to read a chart.

The chart was titled "Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate"

Yeah personal income as in the inclusion of ALL sources of income like pensions. It's not like the taxes taken from their employment is at that level. That means not everyone would be taxes at that level.

Of course, again, the Danish are the happiest and have a better quality of life than those in the US. Your point is moot.

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Wow you don't know how to read a chart.

The chart was titled "Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate"

Yeah personal income as in the inclusion of ALL sources of income like pensions. It's not like the taxes taken from their employment is at that level. That means not everyone would be taxes at that level.

Of course, again, the Danish are the happiest and have a better quality of life than those in the US. Your point is moot.

A distinction even the Danes don't understand. As for their quality of life, again, it all depends on the criteria. Kindly list them for us.

From NPR, by far the most Liberal, Progressive radio broadcasting company in our country.

Might anyone here estimate what would happen to the auto industry in our country IF the taxes on an automobile was...180%? Imagine, you are buying a new car for $40,000. Your TAX on that auto is...$60,000. Total cost for the car...$100,000!

Are Danes Really That Happy? The Myth Of The Scandinavian Utopia

February 1, 20157:36 AM ET

On Denmark's high taxes and what Danes get for it

Let's take Denmark for example. We do have literally the highest taxes in the world. The income tax is about — top measures are just over 50 percent. But there's all sorts of other very heavy taxes. ... Most people reckon about three quarters of your income ends up in the state's coffers if you include all the various taxes. You know, if you want to buy a car, there's a 180 percent tax on the car. [Value-added tax] is 25 percent. They have the highest energy taxes. ... So basically I'm working until Thursday lunch time for the government, and the rest of the week for myself. ...

What you get is free education, very cheap pre-school care, functioning public transports, a free health service — all the things that many Americans dream of. Now the big question is: You're paying the highest taxes in the world, is the education system the best in the world? Are the hospitals the best in the world? No, they're not.

Read more: Are Danes Really That Happy? The Myth Of The Scandinavian Utopia

 

[Markle]

The evidence is quite compelling. This is the kind of stuff I love rubbing in republicans' faces. 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 salary paid 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

Socialists think this is a paradise! Population, 5.6 MILLION people willing to have no opportunity to advance or drop back in the economy. You just can't make up these things!

U.S. lags behind peer countries in mobility

There are no "peer" countries.

 

[Brain357]

The evidence is quite compelling. This is the kind of stuff I love rubbing in republicans' faces. 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 salary paid 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?

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Socialists think this is a paradise! Population, 5.6 MILLION people willing to have no opportunity to advance or drop back in the economy. You just can't make up these things!

U.S. lags behind peer countries in mobility

There are no "peer" countries.

Denmark has more economic mobility.

 

[Billy000]

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Wow you don't know how to read a chart.

The chart was titled "Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate"

Yeah personal income as in the inclusion of ALL sources of income like pensions. It's not like the taxes taken from their employment is at that level. That means not everyone would be taxes at that level.

Of course, again, the Danish are the happiest and have a better quality of life than those in the US. Your point is moot.

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Wow you don't know how to read a chart.

The chart was titled "Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate"

Yeah personal income as in the inclusion of ALL sources of income like pensions. It's not like the taxes taken from their employment is at that level. That means not everyone would be taxes at that level.

Of course, again, the Danish are the happiest and have a better quality of life than those in the US. Your point is moot.

A distinction even the Danes don't understand. As for their quality of life, again, it all depends on the criteria. Kindly list them for us.

I already did lol. It was in the OP,

"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."

 

[TNHarley]

What a dumb shit you want to compare unemployment level of a piss ass country that has around the same population as Connecticut to the Unted States on whole?

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If you think it's such a socialist shithole, why are so many of its people employed with a better quality of life?

idk. do you know why their suicide rate is higher than ours?

What sense would that make? They rank as the happiest people on earth.

Thats what the data says.. A lot of countries that rank high kill themselves at a high rate. Hell man, even Mexico made the top ten last year! lol take that shit for face value

Ok obviously a link is necessary.

I was outdated. Brain got me to looking at newer data. Looks like a lot of countries are going down at an amazing rate. My fault!

 

[Wyatt earp]

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Wow you don't know how to read a chart.

The chart was titled "Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate"

Yeah personal income as in the inclusion of ALL sources of income like pensions. It's not like the taxes taken from their employment is at that level. That means not everyone would be taxes at that level.

Of course, again, the Danish are the happiest and have a better quality of life than those in the US. Your point is moot.

Denmark's personal income tax rate is 56%
The sales tax is 25%
Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate | 1995-2016 | Data | Chart | Calendar

If you want the government to take 56% of your income and pay 25% more for everything then feel free to get your ass on a plane and go.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Wow you don't know how to read a chart.

The chart was titled "Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate"

Yeah personal income as in the inclusion of ALL sources of income like pensions. It's not like the taxes taken from their employment is at that level. That means not everyone would be taxes at that level.

Of course, again, the Danish are the happiest and have a better quality of life than those in the US. Your point is moot.

A distinction even the Danes don't understand. As for their quality of life, again, it all depends on the criteria. Kindly list them for us.

I already did lol. It was in the OP,

"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."

Its way subjective. Like a lobster boiling in a pot, they don't know how much their life sucks because they don't know anything else.



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[Brain357]

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Wow you don't know how to read a chart.

The chart was titled "Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate"

Yeah personal income as in the inclusion of ALL sources of income like pensions. It's not like the taxes taken from their employment is at that level. That means not everyone would be taxes at that level.

Of course, again, the Danish are the happiest and have a better quality of life than those in the US. Your point is moot.

Lol you're so dense. Personal tax doesn't exclusively mean income tax from your job which means it covers a range of different taxes. Meaning, not everyone is subjected to the same tax burden. If you make below a certain salary, you don't even come near this level.

Either way, Denmark has a much lower poverty rate than the US and it ranks as the best place to do business. Yeah, I know, facts are scary!

Wow you don't know how to read a chart.

The chart was titled "Denmark Personal Income Tax Rate"

Yeah personal income as in the inclusion of ALL sources of income like pensions. It's not like the taxes taken from their employment is at that level. That means not everyone would be taxes at that level.

Of course, again, the Danish are the happiest and have a better quality of life than those in the US. Your point is moot.

A distinction even the Danes don't understand. As for their quality of life, again, it all depends on the criteria. Kindly list them for us.

I already did lol. It was in the OP,

"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."

Its way subjective. Like a lobster boiling in a pot, they don't know how much their life sucks because they don't know anything else.



Like you Billy...


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They seem to have a lot of things that would make me happy.