Denmark Was Like Greece, Now It’s Really Happy

Weren't our idiot politicians calling Denmark a "socialist nanny state"? We're one of the dumbest countries on earth: we simply refuse to learn anything positive from others. Our idiotic belief in American exceptionalism has lead us to simply dismiss all other countries as outright failures.
 
Butterball said:
Weren't our idiot politicians calling Denmark a "socialist nanny state"? We're one of the dumbest countries on earth: we simply refuse to learn anything positive from others. Our idiotic belief in American exceptionalism has lead us to simply dismiss all other countries as outright failures.
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Well to be fair, it's a lot easier to be a socialist nanny state when you allow no refugee/illegal immigrants in your country and you charge your own citizens with human trafficking if they are caught helping these illegals/refugees.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...52e298-f5d1-11e5-958d-d038dac6e718_story.html
 
What I would like to make a point is politicians in democratic country are elected (as they want to be) and paid to resolve issues, rationally and humanely, rather than to avoid most issues without even spending much brainpower.

Otherwise, everybody knows well how to avoid problematic issues, especially some complex ones, without considering sustainable solutions!

Just a thought! LOL
 
peilthetraveler said:
Well to be fair, it's a lot easier to be a socialist nanny state when you allow no refugee/illegal immigrants in your country and you charge your own citizens with human trafficking if they are caught helping these illegals/refugees.
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So your point is what exactly? We can't learn any lessons from Denmark (or Finland, Or Sweden, Or Norway, Or New Zealand, Or Canada) because we *DO* allow refugees and illegal immigrants in our country? That makes no sense.

I am not saying any of those countries are perfect. They all have their own problems, but they also solved some problems better than we did and we refuse to learn anything from it. Our politicians broadly sweep foreign successes under the rug by just labeling foreign countries "socialist". This has been happening since the 1950s and some of these supposed "socialist" countries have done far far better for their working class by standards of health care, opportunities and social upward mobility than we have. Far better.

The Soviet Union also ignored foreign success by discrediting them as "imperialist criminals". Lying only works so long.
 
Butterball said:
So your point is what exactly? We can't learn any lessons from Denmark (or Finland, Or Sweden, Or Norway, Or New Zealand, Or Canada) because we *DO* allow refugees and illegal immigrants in our country? That makes no sense.

I am not saying any of those countries are perfect. They all have their own problems, but they also solved some problems better than we did and we refuse to learn anything from it. Our politicians broadly sweep foreign successes under the rug by just labeling foreign countries "socialist". This has been happening since the 1950s and some of these supposed "socialist" countries have done far far better for their working class by standards of health care, opportunities and social upward mobility than we have. Far better.

The Soviet Union also ignored foreign success by discrediting them as "imperialist criminals". Lying only works so long.
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The funny thing about all those countries you mention (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and New Zealand and Canada) is they ALL lost 15% or more of their GDP in 2015...and you want to listen to THEM?
 
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https://thinkprogress.org/raul-labr...?source=collection_home---7------0-----------



President Trump has actually indicated support for some form of paid family leave, though the details of his plan reveal that it would mostly support the rich while hurting many families. Last month, Rep. Deb Fischer (R-NE) introduced a bill that would incentivize — but not require — businesses to offer just two weeks of paid family leave a year.

Congress has never approved a single law requiring businesses to provide paid family leave. The Family and Medical Leave Act requires unpaid leave (i.e. a worker can’t lose their job for having a child or needing to take care of a sick family member), but no federal law ensures workers can continue to receive a salary for some period of time while tending to such situations.

As ThinkProgress noted in 2014, this puts the U.S. far behind a rather diverse variety of other nations. In terms of both maternity leave and paternity leave, countries around the world protect their workers in ways the U.S. simply does not.
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