I think “Bowling for Lutefisk” would be a catchy title.
I’ve spent considerable time in Scandinavia, particularly Norway. You would be very hard put to find any average citizen that did not think they had the best in health care.
“What do I care? I’m not scandanavian. I don’t plan on being scandanavian. So, who gives a crap if they’re socialists? They could be fascist anarchists ... it still doesn’t change the fact that I don’t own a car.”
Haha.
SnakeDoc
Pick one country to compare to..
BTW Brasil makes a for a great comparison after the current socialist gov got elected. They managed to double unemployment by raising minimum wage and pushing more regulation
Come to MN during the next Con-gress break and interview James Oberstar aka “Jimmy Bikeshorts”.
"Were very healthy here, Ja!"
BTW, I have a lot of family living in Norway and could give you some anecdotal info on how "great" their socialized medicine is.
Norway has a lot of oil and they aren’t afraid to drill for it, so their oil wealth is paying for their socialism.
Also many nations have left it to the USA to pick up the huge military costs of being the world’s policeman which allows them to spend that money on social programs instead of defense. For example I read a report stating that New York City’s police force is larger than Canada’s military.
I have anecdotal evidence only re Norway. Norwegian relatives of some friends of mine on the east coast of USA tend to visit every couple of years. One of the things they LOVE to do here is go get full eye exams, RXs for new glasses or contacts, and receive them in hours or days, all while here on vacation. These Norwegians claim it would take them at least six months or more to get the exams and new glasses if they used their own ‘system.’
My own relatives are from Norway as well, and while they say they get good care, they admit they are taxed beyond belief for this ‘care.’ They are glad to have it, though, because it is the only system they know!
I have anecdotal evidence only re Norway. Norwegian relatives of some friends of mine on the east coast of USA tend to visit here every couple of years.
One of the things they LOVE to do here is go get full eye exams, RXs for new glasses or contacts, and receive them in hours or days, all while here on vacation. These Norwegians claim it would take them at least six months or more to get the exams and new glasses if they used their own ‘system.’
My own relatives are from Norway as well, and while they say they get decent care, they admit they are taxed beyond belief for this ‘care’ and other government-provided ‘benefits.’ They are glad to have it, probably because it is the only system they know!
I personally think ALL of these comparisons to the US system fail because none of the countries with ‘socialized medicine’ in place have anywhere near the population we have, nor the diversity. How do you compare the system of Norway, service some 4+ million, with our 300+ million inhabitants? Canada? Canada’s population is under 40 million. Same for the UK.
Good luck with your research!
please forward to teh Swedish Ping list.
Things are not always as black and white as one may think: here is a video about the Swedish economy from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity:
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/03/size-of-government-sweden-vs-obama.html#comments
However, this video does not go into all the free market reforms that have taken place (notably absent is the rejection by the voters of the euro - the positive effects are definitely evident these days), nor does it discuss the continued socialization of the family and the individual. (eg: See posts on FR re home schooling in Sweden.)
The reform of our social security system was, however, a major free market reform both seen from purely economical and also social aspects.
My advice to you would be to focus on one particular subject and do a lot of studying on that particular issue before putting together a video.