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(10-25-2013 09:59 PM)RexImperator Wrote:  

(10-25-2013 03:46 PM)Starke Wrote:  

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

Not bad at all. If I look at it rationally and if I were there, I would be ahead in the game compared to living in the U.S. since I would have no student loan debt and health care. I can see the appeal.

Looking at it too short term.

In the USA you have the freedom to choose to pay for college or not. I the socialist countries you pay for it, whether you use it or not in higher income taxes.

In the USA you have the freedom to choose your healthcare plan/cost. In the socialist countries you pay for it and being a man you also help pay for women to go.

Losing 1/2 of each paycheck for the rest of your life would be terrible.