Posted on 06/04/2013 7:09:39 PM PDT by Abakumov
Now come riots in Sweden, which present a conundrum for any thinking liberal. Sweden is the gleaming polity for all those who claim that socialist societies represented the humanitarian ideal of social, political, and economic policies. Sweden is a society where people are encouraged to engage in free competition, but the product of their abilities is redistributed to the needs of others through a tax structure that takes 70% of an average worker’s income.
With its welcoming and compassionate immigration policy and its expansive welfare system, Sweden seems to be a model for the welfare state programs others in the West proposed as a deterrent to riots and a means for the creation of a harmonious and sensitive society. For liberals, watching a riot in Sweden is like seeing a porn theater open at Disneyland.
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You forgot:
Welfare creates laziness, entitlement and resentment.
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