This is the epitomy of left wing stupid right here.
This stupid woman's first line is she is a school teacher making 61k per year, then says that education is free? How the fuck does she think she gets paid 61k per year to provide this service if it's free?
Somebody is paying for this idiot to teach for 61k per year. Yet she is so dumb she thinks she gets that money for free.
She said she gets healthcare, for free. Somebody is paying that bill, look no further than teachers that think they are providing something for free yet still demand 61k a year to do it. You aren't providing free if you demand being paid for it.
She claims we think the taxes are high, yet never told us how much of her 61k goes to providing all of this "free" stuff.
What exactly is the median wage in Denmark? And what is their tax rate to provide all of this "free" stuff? And what cars and houses are they allowed to purchase in this "free" paradise?
A one bedroom 250 square foot apartment and a piece of shit car is her level of understanding of what all of this "free' is gaining.
Yet she brags about how she makes 61k a year, for providing a service she thinks is "free".
She obviously isn't math teacher. Probably social justice or community organizer.
Yeah....I did some checking an 800 sf two room flat rents for the US equivalent of $650 per month....Not bad. Buit when one figures in energy costs which are much higher than most Americans could ever imagine, the cost of living goes skyward.
To use and auto in Denmark is a non stater for all but the most well to do Danes. Gas is just under $8 per gallon.
Let's just say that $60k gross salary goes a lot farther here than it does in the EU.
Yes, those people do have better access to worry free medical care, but again, the cost is considerable when the taxes and fees are factored in..
Our insurance system is a disaster.
However, Obamacare is not the answer.
Our access to higher education is not adequate. We can blame the federal government for that as well. Had the federal government not pumped in billions to grant loans to students, colleges and universities that participate would have had an incentive to control tuition prices.
It's the typical progressive response find the one country that works with the system (ignoring of course the rather extraordinary circumstances of WHY it works) and flog it as the model for everything else. Denmark works because it is small. Smaller than our biggest cities, thus the infrastructure is small and easy to maintain. Thus requiring LESS GOVERNMENT.
Interestingly, considering how the Danes love to promote their green lifestyle they are the third largest producer of oil in Europe. That goes a hell of a long way towards paying all those "free" programs, don't ya think? Also their birth rate has declined. There will be fewer Danes 10 years from now than there are today.
Finally the population is 97% DANE. That is a huge consideration. The next largest ethnic group are the inuit. followed by the Faroese and Germans. The rest are so small as to be statistically irrelevant.
The Danes are unique in the world in that they have more exports than imports for everything but food. They are following along in the traditions of the free cities of the Hanseatic League. Good for them to be able to do so, but they are an exception to the rule. Not a model.
