Andylusion
Platinum Member
It actually doesn't work there, but people like Grace will never admit it. If Norwegians could live here for a couple of years at a salary that American Norwegians make, they would definitely prefer to live here. The only reason they don't is because of years of brainwashing.
It works well but like all systems it has flaws. We moved to the US not because my parents would make more money but because my mom was born and raised here and wanted to move back to the US because at the time my grandmother passed away and she wanted to be home with her dad and family. We've been living here ever since. You couldn't hold dual citizenship in Norway up until literally this year and so we were here to stay.
Define "it works well"? Depends on how you define works well.
People in Norway earn less than Americans. This is universally true, of nearly all of Europe. And this is logical. The employer can't pay you in wages, what it pays the government in taxes, and naturally higher taxes on employers, means lower wages for employees.
Additionally, Norway has a much lower survival rate for major illnesses than the US does. You have a better chance of surviving in the US, for nearly any illness at all, than you do in Norway.
Now it is true, that Norway has one of the better health care systems in all of Europe. True!
It also has the second most expensive health systems in all of Europe.
Meaning that as things go on, Norway is on the verge of facing a health care crisis.
IT could help avert Norwegian healthcare crisis
The government run system is getting more and more expensive, and they don't have a solution as of yet.
So, if you are to say that the second most expensive system in all of Europe.... if have much lower survival rates than the US... and if having burdensome taxes high enough that people live a lower standard of living as a result....
if that is how you define "works well", then I agree... works very well.