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Old 10-13-2006, 04:28 AM   #16 (permalink)
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I have lived under a social democracy in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com</st1:country-region> and I can tell you from first hand experience that it is not a failed system whatsoever. It is an incredibly stable system that takes care of its citizens by addressing the weaknesses and pitfalls of life.
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<st1:country-region><ST1Sweden </st1:country-region>has been very successful during the past 75 years under social democratic rule. They have enjoyed cradle to grave security that offer many advantages over the American way of life. They enjoy most of our freedoms and luxuries yet, because they work with a collective purse, they can take action that results in longer vacations, have shorter work weeks, 100% literacy, and a higher life expectancy.<O</O
Like Hev i too have lived in a socialist democracy and as far as economic indicators go, they are kickin ass on the rest of the world.

Denmark for instance has no natural resources to speak of. However there is greater groth, no foreign debt and indeed a budget surplus every year. ANd this is INCLUDING all the free healthcare ( of the highest standard in the world) free education ( inclusive of subsidies for adult students so they won't have to work full time while studying ), free social security.

Granted we pay 50% tax.. but the way i look at it.. If i have to pay half of what i earn so that me, my family and every other citizen of my country can have their basic human rights covered, i think it is a fair price to pay.

With the 50 % that is left i can still buy a nice car, live in a nice house and take my family for a vacation every year.

If people crib that they want 100% of what they earn and to hell with everybody else.. well i just think that's greed.

I believe that giving half of what you earn to a government that takes care of everybody.. that is not too much.. it's fair.. THose of you who are sceptical should live in one of these places.. It really is worth it.
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