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

[Skull Pilot]

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.

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.

feel free to move no one will miss you

 

[Billy000]

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

What an absolutely STUPID statement !

You are talking about Denmark with a population of 5.7 million. New York city is 1.4 times as big as Denmark.
GDP per person in Denmark..$10,496
GDP per person in USA: $53,069
Nearly 5 times the GDP per person with a population that is 5 times the size of Denmark.

Plus what is Denmark's contribution to it's national safety i.e. NATO???

NATO's total budget is $2.8 billion of which In FY2010 the USA contribution totaled over 1/4th or $711.8 million.

And Denmark's contribution: $48 million versus USA's $711 million!
fter the U.S., the largest contributors to NATO's military budget are Germany (16.6 percent); France (12.4 percent); United Kingdom (12 percent); Italy (7.8 percent); Canada (5 percent); Spain (4.2 percent); Netherlands (3.3 percent); Belgium (2.6 percent); Poland (2.3 percent); Turkey (1.8 percent); Denmark (1.7 percent); and Norway (1.6 percent). Fifteen countries make up the remaining 5.8 percent.
Gates criticizes NATO; How much does U.S. pay?

Lol this is your response? What Denmark gives to NATO? I love how you people think it is irrelevant that the Danes have a better quality of life, are happier, and live in a country with second to lowest poverty rate and the best place to do business.

You only think it's not relevant because American boots protect the Danes

You want to see some shit? Wait for an American president to withdraw from Europe. You will see some shit on that day my friend. And the Danes will be sweating

They didn't fare well in WW2

Lol no nation on earth is even concerned about going to war with Denmark.

because no one wants what they have


except yu

No one wants an extremely low poverty rate or a climate for the best place to do business?

 

[Juicin]

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

What an absolutely STUPID statement !

You are talking about Denmark with a population of 5.7 million. New York city is 1.4 times as big as Denmark.
GDP per person in Denmark..$10,496
GDP per person in USA: $53,069
Nearly 5 times the GDP per person with a population that is 5 times the size of Denmark.

Plus what is Denmark's contribution to it's national safety i.e. NATO???

NATO's total budget is $2.8 billion of which In FY2010 the USA contribution totaled over 1/4th or $711.8 million.

And Denmark's contribution: $48 million versus USA's $711 million!
fter the U.S., the largest contributors to NATO's military budget are Germany (16.6 percent); France (12.4 percent); United Kingdom (12 percent); Italy (7.8 percent); Canada (5 percent); Spain (4.2 percent); Netherlands (3.3 percent); Belgium (2.6 percent); Poland (2.3 percent); Turkey (1.8 percent); Denmark (1.7 percent); and Norway (1.6 percent). Fifteen countries make up the remaining 5.8 percent.
Gates criticizes NATO; How much does U.S. pay?

Lol this is your response? What Denmark gives to NATO? I love how you people think it is irrelevant that the Danes have a better quality of life, are happier, and live in a country with second to lowest poverty rate and the best place to do business.

You only think it's not relevant because American boots protect the Danes

You want to see some shit? Wait for an American president to withdraw from Europe. You will see some shit on that day my friend. And the Danes will be sweating

They didn't fare well in WW2

Lol no nation on earth is even concerned about going to war with Denmark.

Remember you said that when the Germans re arm, lol

 

[Skull Pilot]

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!

No one should be subjected to their outrageous taxes.

Why? That tax is buying healthcare, education, and pension. Most would be better off.

Yeah most people would be better off with a 25% sales tax, state city and town taxes as well as a very high federal tax

No thanks I'd rather make my own decisions about my life. But if you want to be someone's pet feel free to move to Denmark, little sheep

 

[Wyatt earp]

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.

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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You don't even know what you're talking about. Quit pretending your life is somehow superior to life of people in Denmark. It's so stupid.the rightwing is an embarrassment to the rest of the world. They are laughing at people like you. They don't at all admire you or are jealous.

Lmao you think I care what a piss ass country like denmark thinks of me shit for brains?



Btw I know why America scored so low on the list

It is because of your indocterated little pinko commie cry baby pricks who burn the American flag voted multiple times against America.

 

[Skull Pilot]

What an absolutely STUPID statement !

You are talking about Denmark with a population of 5.7 million. New York city is 1.4 times as big as Denmark.
GDP per person in Denmark..$10,496
GDP per person in USA: $53,069
Nearly 5 times the GDP per person with a population that is 5 times the size of Denmark.

Plus what is Denmark's contribution to it's national safety i.e. NATO???

NATO's total budget is $2.8 billion of which In FY2010 the USA contribution totaled over 1/4th or $711.8 million.

And Denmark's contribution: $48 million versus USA's $711 million!
fter the U.S., the largest contributors to NATO's military budget are Germany (16.6 percent); France (12.4 percent); United Kingdom (12 percent); Italy (7.8 percent); Canada (5 percent); Spain (4.2 percent); Netherlands (3.3 percent); Belgium (2.6 percent); Poland (2.3 percent); Turkey (1.8 percent); Denmark (1.7 percent); and Norway (1.6 percent). Fifteen countries make up the remaining 5.8 percent.
Gates criticizes NATO; How much does U.S. pay?

Lol this is your response? What Denmark gives to NATO? I love how you people think it is irrelevant that the Danes have a better quality of life, are happier, and live in a country with second to lowest poverty rate and the best place to do business.

You only think it's not relevant because American boots protect the Danes

You want to see some shit? Wait for an American president to withdraw from Europe. You will see some shit on that day my friend. And the Danes will be sweating

They didn't fare well in WW2

Lol no nation on earth is even concerned about going to war with Denmark.

because no one wants what they have


except yu

No one wants an extremely low poverty rate or a climate for the best place to do business?

Not if it means being a controlled by the government no.

 

[g5000]

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.

When those countries that laugh at us get in trouble, who do they call, the US or Denmark?

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

Denmark also spends far less on defense than the US does. In fact, they spend half of what they are obligated to spend under their NATO treaty obligations. How do they get away with it?

Could it be they depend on the US to protect them while they look down their noses at us?

3) Denmark is the happiest place on Earth

How happy do you think they would be if we stopped carrying them? How many holes would their social safety net have if we stopped carrying them?

 

[g5000]

The dashed line represents what percent of their GDP each NATO country is supposed to contribute.

Notice Denmark and most of the rest of NATO falls far short of the mark.

Notice which country is carrying all of them.

 

[Markle]

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?

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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?

AGAIN who the he'll is protecting them?


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

 

[Katzndogz]

Denmark doesn't permit medical malpractice claims so doctors don't need outrageous insurance.

 

[g5000]

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.

Look who was laughing in Denmark when Denmark wasn't under our defense umbrella:

 

[Billy000]

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.

When those countries that laugh at us get in trouble, who do they call, the US or Denmark?

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

Denmark also spends far less on defense than the US does. In fact, they spend half of what they are obligated to spend under their NATO treaty obligations. How do they get away with it?

Could it be they depend on the US to protect them while they look down their noses at us?

3) Denmark is the happiest place on Earth

How happy do you think they would be if we stopped carrying them? How many holes would their social safety net have if we stopped carrying them?

God I am so sick of this false sense of arrogance and superiority that Americans have about the rest of the world. It's so stupid. Is NATO and our defense budget the best rebuttal you can come up with? How else could you possibly elaborate on the US "carrying" Denmark? Get over yourself.

 

[g5000]

3) Denmark is the happiest place on Earth

Like little children in a nursery school, the happy Danes frolic about while Mommy and Daddy keep away the realities of the world from them so they can enjoy themselves.

Don't worry, little Danes. America will do all the heavy lifting and grownup work and keep you safe and sound in your little cocoon.

 

[g5000]

God I am so sick of this false sense of arrogance and superiority that Americans have about the rest of the world.

IRONY ALERT!

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Baby Billie should move immediately.

 

[Billy000]

God I am so sick of this false sense of arrogance and superiority that Americans have about the rest of the world.

IRONY ALERT!

You know what the trade off of a bloated defense budget is? Way less money goes to our crumbing infrastructure system and safety net programs like job training for the poor. As a result, we have the worst child poverty rate in the developed world. I guess that's all okay because of our ridiculous and over compensating military force.

 

[Brain357]

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!

No one should be subjected to their outrageous taxes.

Why? That tax is buying healthcare, education, and pension. Most would be better off.

Yeah most people would be better off with a 25% sales tax, state city and town taxes as well as a very high federal tax

No thanks I'd rather make my own decisions about my life. But if you want to be someone's pet feel free to move to Denmark, little sheep

For their tax dollars they are getting a much better deal.

 

[Brain357]

The dashed line represents what percent of their GDP each NATO country is supposed to contribute.

Notice Denmark and most of the rest of NATO falls far short of the mark.

Notice which country is carrying all of them.

Is it really money well spent?

 

[Cruz-Clinton]

Denmark have smaller Military unit. And smaller country than U.S.A.

 

[Brain357]

3) Denmark is the happiest place on Earth

Like little children in a nursery school, the happy Danes frolic about while Mommy and Daddy keep away the realities of the world from them so they can enjoy themselves.

Don't worry, little Danes. America will do all the heavy lifting and grownup work and keep you safe and sound in your little cocoon.

Our military has done a great job bringing peace to the Middle East...