To the bank!Taken where?
Actually I was agreeing that @beerntrading had a good point, I was the primary guilty party he was gently referring to, and I'll try the do a better job ignoring the trolls.
To the bank!Taken where?
Actually, it wasn't anyone in particular...(I don't think, was a few beers deep when I wrote that one). Nor was it really meant as an admonishment against engaging those types. And I agree with @tortoise's sentiment and your posts were informative and welcomed. So, my apologies for overlooking the explicit point in my post while making the implicit one.To the bank!
Actually I was agreeing that @beerntrading had a good point, I was the primary guilty party he was gently referring to, and I'll try the do a better job ignoring the trolls.
So first off, Sweden most certainly has universal health care with a SEK 200 (appx $25 USD) co-pay which is funded by taxes. So yes higher taxes offset your healthcare expense. And while I'm sure you can pull up horror stories about having to wait for a surgery, we can come up with 100 identical stories with people on U.S. health insurance so it is an apples to apples comparison.
Second, the false narrative about Malmö turning into some kind of Muslim hell-hole is exactly that, false by any measure. For example, the murder rate in Malmö, which is the worst in any Nordic city, was 3.4 per 100,000 residents. That's lower than THE ENTIRE US murder rate of 4.9 per 100,000 residents, and lower than the vast majority of U.S. cities. And crime rates in Malmö are little changed from years past. I'd recommend you read this article by National Review (a right leaning publication, just to be clear) in order to see how you've been led astray by the infowars/breitbart/fox crowd (http://www.nationalreview.com/artic...e-rates-statistics-immigration-trump-fox-news) It's also worth noting that the Swedish Democrats are pushing this crime wave narrative for political points as well, and I'd guess what you're hearing from your relatives is colored by this.
Regardless, Sweden is by no means "self destructing" by any stretch of the imagination. A little less hyperbole and a few more facts along with an open mind are always good. And yes, I did spend time in Malmö and found it to be an imminently safe, nice place that I'd have no qualms about moving to with my family. I gather you haven't been to Malmö?
If you read the actual paper at http://ww.rrojasdatabank.info/HDRP_2010_40.pdf it says no such thing, but why both to read a source, right?According to UN projections, Sweden will be a much poorer country by 2030, much worse than what anyone in the Swedish government indicates.
http://speisa.com/modules/articles/...rd-world-country-by-2030-according-to-un.html
If you read the actual paper at http://ww.rrojasdatabank.info/HDRP_2010_40.pdf it says no such thing, but why both to read a source, right?