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High income taxes in Denmark worsen a labor shortage
"When you are at 63 percent tax, you don't look forward to the evaluation with the boss to get a raise," Sorensen said. "You look for more vacation or a training course in the tropics - something that you get the full benefit of."
There is plenty to learn from the problems of systems like these throughout all of history, yet we don't learn from those.
This will simply be met with claims of "They didn't do it the right way" and "It can work if they implemented more this way". No matter how many times it fails people will place huge amounts of effort in trying to get it to work, often much more effort than would be required to live ones life according to their own responsibility. Ironic, isn't it?
Denmark does do somethings with it's economy that other European countries could learn from. Even the libertarian Cato institute likes how the Danes are able to leave their economy alone in ways other countries should consider doing.
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And, says Cato global policy analyst Marian Tupy, France, Italy and other European nations can learn from Denmark: "Leave the economy alone."
So they make more money than we do, they have a better job market, they have a better health care system, and a better safety net in case life takes a turn for the worse. No wonder they are so happy!
And who wouldn't be happy if you lived in a place like this:
http://www.bentley.edu/abroad/images/copenhagen_44.jpg (broken link)
And don't forget this; this is probably why they are so happy
So they make more money than we do, they have a better job market, they have a better health care system, and a better safety net in case life takes a turn for the worse. No wonder they are so happy!
And who wouldn't be happy if you lived in a place like this:
Well thats the thing. The links I gave seem to think the numbers are just fluffy results driven by certain aspects that may make it look appealing short term, but are misleading long term.
For instance, France had somewhere around a 12% unemployment rate and then they instituted the 32 hour (I think it was that) work week. Almost instantly the rate dropped to around 9%. It seemed like an amazing solution, but it had huge repercussions on the businesses over time. They were essentially paying more and getting less (its cheaper to have someone work overtime than it is to higher a new person for many cases).
As those articles suggest, this doesn't seem to be something they can hold for very long. Take a gander, the devil is in the details.
So they make more money than we do, they have a better job market, they have a better health care system, and a better safety net in case life takes a turn for the worse. No wonder they are so happy!
And who wouldn't be happy if you lived in a place like this:
http://www.bentley.edu/abroad/images/copenhagen_44.jpg (broken link)
And don't forget this; this is probably why they are so happy
So since you uphold Denmark's ways as an example for the USA to follow I assume that you support offshore oil drilling, very tight immigration laws, and open condemnation of radical Islam, free of political correctness?
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