Yeah John, Scandinavia is for girly men. I want to live poor and die
young, hopefully at the hands (paws?) of a grizzly bear in the woods
(where I'm forced to live because I can't afford a house and there is
no help from the government for scientists living below the poverty
line).
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On 8 November 2012 14:02, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: DagT
>
>> I can agree with you there, being relatively conservative by
>> Norwegians standards. One reason why republikanske are not very
>> popular around here is that they usually don't seam to know much
>> about the world outside the US. And in the previous election they
>> used Skandinavia as an example of a system they didn't want :-)
>
>
> Just compare The US to Scandinavia ...
>
> Scandinavia = Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden (Numbers from OECD):
>
> Healthcare cost as percent of GDP:
> US 17.4% - Denmark 11.5%; Finland 9.2%; Norway 9.2% Sweden 10%
> Healthcare cost per capita:
> US $7,960 - Denmark $4,348; Finland $3,226; Norway $5,352; Sweden $3,722;
> Infant mortality (deaths per 1,000 live births before their first birthday):
> US 6.8 - Denmark 4.4; Finland 3.0; Norway 3.1; Sweden 2.4
> Life expectancy at birth (Total Population):
> US 78.7 - Denmark 79.3; Finland 80.2; Norway 81.2; Sweden 81.5
> Life expectancy at age 65 (Males):
> US 17.7 - Denmark 17.0; Finland 17.5; Norway 18.0; Sweden 18.2
> Percentage of persons living with less than 50% of median equivalised
> household income:
> US 17.3% - Denmark 6.1%; Finland 7.9%; Norway 7.8%; Sweden 8.4%
>
> Easy to see why we wouldn't want anything like *THAT* for the U.S.
>
>
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