Socialism kills

worldnetdaily ^ | September 2, 2003 | Dennis Prager

[jamese777]

Norway is currently the world’s number one nation in terms of human development, second in GDP per capita and Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister is a Socialist.

[socialismisinsidious]

Found this via a link on another thread:
The pop psychologists have a word for it: projection. The Leftist, unwilling to see his own worldview for what it is and has been historically, transfers what he knows deep down to be the truth onto his political rivals. He falsely sees in them what he ought to see in himself. He is like the child who blames his teachers, his parents, his dog -- anyone but himself -- for his poor grades; as in so many other ways, Leftism reveals itself to be a kind of arrested adolescence.

http://www.techcentralstation.com/010804A.html

[IrishCatholic]

Would you mind breaking down some particulars? Such as how much is oil revenue etc? The population their entitlements etc? How much is cultural and how does that come into play?

[socialismisinsidious]

You may want to read this:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1234/print

The writer writes a lot about Norway and its welfare state. Norway can “afford” its welfare rolls thanks to oil....for now.

Socialism always rots from the inside out. The rot is much faster at the end of a gun (Venezuela) but it will come to Norway too. It always does.

[jamese777]

“Would you mind breaking down some particulars? Such as how much is oil revenue etc? The population their entitlements etc? How much is cultural and how does that come into play?”

Sure, here you go. I would only add that culture is an extremely important variable in Scandinavian socialism.

From the US Department of Energy: “Norway is an advanced, highly-developed economy that has greatly benefited from the utilization of its hydrocarbon resources. In 2005, the country had a gross domestic product (GDP) of $295 billion, and a per-capita GDP of $64,000, which is one of the highest in the world. The Norwegian economy grew by 2.5 percent in 2005, and is forecasted to grow by 2.2 percent in 2006. Norway’s economy is highly dependent on its offshore oil and natural gas sector, which provides the government with its largest single source of revenue and the largest contribution to GDP. In recent years, high oil prices have made for government budget and current account surpluses, and rising disposable income.”

For more detail on Norway’s economy click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Norway

[hosepipe]

[.. Europe has given the world Marxism, communism, fascism, Nazism, racism and socialism..]

Communism and Nazism ARE SOCIALISM...

[jamese777]

“You may want to read this:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1234/print
The writer writes a lot about Norway and its welfare state. Norway can “afford” its welfare rolls thanks to oil....for now.

Socialism always rots from the inside out. The rot is much faster at the end of a gun (Venezuela) but it will come to Norway too. It always does.”

Thanks for the link.
In recent decades the politics in Norway alternates between social democratic and liberal (in the free market sense) governments.
Socialists have been an important factor in Norwegian politics since the election of 1927. How long socialism will remain an important dynamic in Norway’s political and economic systems is anybody’s guess. Both free market and socialist Norwegian governments have been wise in investing oil profits for the days when the oil and gas run out. Its just that the oil revenues have been so huge that Norwegian political parties out duel each other for increasing government benefits to the people. In spite of this, Norway’s public debt as a percentage of GDP is 45% compared to the US where it is 65%,
The current parliamentary majority is a coalition of the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Center Party.

[Jacquerie]

Or rather people will stop being productive when taxes become too burdensome. No benefit/No risk.

That would be the 1970s, an awful decade that the democrat candidates would bring back.

[Stop Liberalism]

These children will have real problems with the Muzzies when they take over. These little boys won’t be able to sit around and whine anymore.