danielpalos
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- #21
Right wingers only believe in the general warfare not the general welfare.Oh, I see. And how has it been realized on practice? As far as I am aware, the US don't have state health care and pension systems as European countries do.Providing for the general welfare of our (nation-)State is in our federal Constitution.I think it is a little bit exaggerated to put the US on the same scale with, for example, Norway and Russia in this regard. Welfare State as it perceived in Europe has little to do with the model adopted in the US. But now the US is shifting in this direction, it seems.Sweden's economy is what is known as a "Welfare State", with basic private industry being augmented by social programs. The USA, Canada and UK have the same makeup, as do Germany and Russia, Norway and Denmark. The only true socialist countries left are Cuba and North Korea.Sweden is by definition a quasi socialist country, however, when one examines the internal framework they soon discover the myth of their brand of socialism. It mirrors a largely private sector based economy, no longer the fairy tails of to 70’s through 1995. Milton Friedman documented the change in several studies and they adopted many If not all of his solutions. The USA is not ready to sit at the table and have a grown up discussion because basically most of the politicians would not be re-elected.