[MrXY]

(10-25-2013 03:46 PM)Starke Wrote:  

(10-25-2013 06:02 AM)It_is_my_time Wrote:  

As far as the Scandinavia countries, you have a few very wealthy elites and everyone else has no chance but to be a worker bee cog in the system.

Sounds like you haven't spent much time, if any, in Scandinavia.

The opportunities available to even the lowest socio-economic groups here are huge;
-Free access to private schools
-University education is tuition free, even if you study abroad
-World-class free health care
-Economies which have been the only ones in Europe to experience little-to-no recession
-A vibrant tech/business scene which has fostered numerous world-leading tech startups

Scandinavia has many irritating problems on an ideological level, but it's not Soviet Russia - in terms of equality of opportunity, it's hard to imagine anywhere superior.

Scandinavian countries are small homogenous societies

Sweden's population is 9 million-my state of Florida alone has 19 million

They have almost no military expenses because they are protected by others

I question the "world class" health care claim-how many cutting edge medical research and clinical practices have originated in Scandinavia versus the US?

Anything you pay for with heavy taxes is not "free" it's shocking that you don't realize that

Wait until Scandinavia is 35% Muslim and you'll see how well the welfare state works in a multicultural society