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Old 05-08-2006, 07:20 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dylan
20%+ unemployment, rioting, sluggish economy. That is why the welfare state is a bad idea.
There have been no major riots in social democracies/Scandinavia in the recent past.

Unemployment & sluggish economy???
Here are current unemployment rates and budget.


Sweden 6% (2005 est.)
revenues: $210.5 billion
expenditures: $205.9 billion (2005 est.)

Denmark 5.5% (2005 est.)
revenues: $144 billion
expenditures: $135 billion (2005 est.)

Norway 4.2% (2005 est.)
revenues: $176.1 billion
expenditures: $131.3 billion (2005 est.)

Finland 7.9% (2005 est.)
revenues: $99.61 billion
expenditures: $97.14 billion (2005 est.)

Iceland 2.1% (2005 est.)
revenues: $6.995 billion
expenditures: $6.761 billion (2005 est.)

United States
5.1% (2005 est.)
revenues: $2.119 trillion
expenditures: $2.466 trillion (2005 est.)


http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...elds/2129.html
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