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If Sweden was a U.S. state, how rich would it be? (HINT: Not Very)
The Claremont Institute ^
| December 7, 2004
| Joey Tartakovsky
Posted on 12/08/2004 4:18:33 AM PST by Stoat
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To: Stoat
The purpose of Islamic immigration is to complete the conversion of Europe into a Third World continent.
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posted on
12/08/2004 6:22:26 AM PST
by
AZLiberty
("Insurgence" is futile.)
To: stm
Suicide yes, I don't know about the alcohol rates.
To: LadyLiberty86
They do have a smaller percentage of their population living in poverty. Probably true, however, keep in mind that the US gets a very high number of 3rd world immigrants which will skew the numbers.
To: LadyLiberty86
They do have a smaller percentage of their population living in poverty. Sweden: 6.5% United States: 17% An the rest of the story:
How do they measure poverty? The Swedes tell me they don't have any poor people.
And who in their country experiences poverty Vs who in the USA?
Why do most Swedes who come here to work want to stay?
Why do the Swedes in our country make fun of our show of patriotism? They say they would never fly their national flag on the front porch of their homes, as we do.
Why is their suicide rate so high - this is what they tell me: "suicide rate is much higher than in the USA." -- higher quality of life????
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posted on
12/08/2004 6:30:25 AM PST
by
RAY
(They that do right are all heroes!)
To: reformedliberal
They assumed that our shopping area was a Potemkin mallMy ignorance is showing. What is a Potemkin Mall?
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posted on
12/08/2004 6:40:18 AM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Liberalism has metastasized into a dangerous neurosis which threatens the nation's security)
To: Stoat
Capitalism promises universal prosperity and requires freedom. Marxism promises economic destruction and requires totalitarianism. Yet millions of European and American Leftists, including the Democrat Party, insist upon imposing Marxism upon the Western Republics.
The 2004 Bush landslide victory was--among other things--a rejection, by the American people, of the Marxist agenda of the Democrat Party and its spokespersons in the "Mainstream Newsmedia", adacemia, Hollywood, et al., personified by Hanoi John Kerry.
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posted on
12/08/2004 6:59:14 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(This is the choice: confrontation or capitulation. Appeasement is capitulation.)
To: Maceman
Gee, things must be getting better in Sweden. According to this article from 2002, Sweden would be the very poorest state in the Union. You think things are getting better there, or is it just that at least one of these studies is wrong?
The decline of the dollar vs the euro may account for the apparent rise in per capita income.
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:14:35 AM PST
by
LexBaird
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
To: LexBaird
The decline of the dollar vs the euro may account for the apparent rise in per capita income.Gee, I guess that when the Eurobubble bursts, as it inevitably must given that there is no real underlying economic value to sustain it, things aren't going to look too pretty in Sweden.
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:20:52 AM PST
by
Maceman
(Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
To: Maceman
. . . things aren't going to look too pretty in Sweden. Whatever is left in Sweden that is pretty will be covered in a burka under sharia law.
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:30:07 AM PST
by
LexBaird
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
To: Balding_Eagle
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:30:12 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Stoat
Heres the not-so-secret recipe for achieving European-style stagnation and decline. First, combine high unemployment and aging populations to ensure that welfare costs far exceed worker contributions. Then, stuff with generous entitlements, massive tax burdens, rigid labor markets, and regulation-mad bureaucracies.... Be patient. We're working on it.
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:32:32 AM PST
by
jrp
To: Balding_Eagle
What is a Potemkin Mall? A Potemkin village is a "stage set" living area used for propaganda; an idealized village that is dressed up for visitors while the peasants actually live in squalor.
That is to say, the visitors thought they were being shown a shopping area for elites that was not typical for America.
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:36:18 AM PST
by
LexBaird
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
To: ArrogantBustard
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:36:54 AM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Liberalism has metastasized into a dangerous neurosis which threatens the nation's security)
To: stm
Doesn't Sweden also have one of the highest suicide and alcoholism rates of all the European nations as well? I thougt I read that somewhere a couple of years back. Little to do with economics: Scandinavian countries have high rates of depression and suicide due to sunlight deprivation.
To: Slipperduke
Are you trying to split the coalition with that remark? LOL! You know you call it American Football. We call it Football. Your sport is called Soccer or if we want to be smart asses "futball" (pronounced f-oooo-tball)
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:46:32 AM PST
by
normy
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
To: Killing Time
Little to do with economics: Scandinavian countries have high rates of depression and suicide due to sunlight deprivation. Does this also apply to Alaska?
To: normy
Ha! The split won't be permanent. As soon as you chaps learn how to play it, we'll welcome you back in!
I must confess, I do enjoy the Superbowl final. The 2001 extravaganza was about the most spectacular thing I've ever seen.
Well, aside from Southend beating Luton on a rainy day in Essex in 1993. I guess you had to be there.
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posted on
12/08/2004 8:03:55 AM PST
by
Slipperduke
(*fixes bayonet*)
To: Stoat
This article should give comfort to anyone who might be afraid of "competition" from the EU countries economies. These are highly inneficient economies and very little threat.
China however will become a greater threat. Germany and France can go scratch, they are insignificant in the world.
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posted on
12/08/2004 8:06:58 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: LadyLiberty86
quality of life as measured by the Human Development Index, which uses life expectancy, school enrollment, literacy and income to rank 177 countries. Is this "index" a creation of some socialist group?
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posted on
12/08/2004 8:09:48 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Maceman
The dollar-euro exchange rate changed, which magically makes the lifestyle of Europeans 20% better. That's why analyses like these are pretty shaky.
There's a grain of truth to the argument that Americans have much more material wealth than Europeans. Our houses are bigger, are cars are bigger, our portions are more generous, and you can buy four times as many types of cereal. That's the American way. We also spend a lot more for health care which is superior to European health care, and also more for health care which is worse than Europeans get (people who rely on ERs for their PCP.) Our system rewards initiative and hard work and that is strongly reflected at the extremes and among the middle classes when individuals do well. It's also easier to crash and burn here. Americans prefer our system, as well we should.
But anyone who has been to Europe knows that comparisons to the poorest of the poor in America are completely off-base.
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