Posted on 12/26/2007 2:43:09 PM PST by bruinbirdman
"As a self-employed software engineer, Thomas Sorensen broadcasts his qualifications to potential employers across Europe and the Middle East," reports The New York Times. "But to employers in his native Denmark, he is simply unavailable. Settled in Frankfurt, where he handles computer security for a large Swiss corporation, Mr. Sorensen, 34, has no plans to return to the days of paying sky-high Danish taxes. Still, an unknowing recruiter does occasionally pass his name to Danish companies. 'When I get an e-mail from them, I either respond negatively but politely,' Mr. Sorensen said, 'or I don't respond at all.'
Born and trained at Denmark's expense, but working -- and paying lower taxes -- elsewhere in Europe, Mr. Sorensen is the stuff of nightmares for Danish companies and politicians searching for solutions to an increasingly desperate labor shortage."
In "What Can the United States Learn from the Nordic Model?" Cato senior fellow Daniel J. Mitchell writes:
"Some policymakers in the United States and Europe argue that it is possible to enjoy economic growth and also have a large welfare state. These advocates for bigger government claim that the so called Nordic Model offers the best of both worlds. This claim does not withstand scrutiny. Economic performance in Nordic nations is lagging, and excessive government is the most likely explanation. The public sector in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland consumes, on average, more than 48 percent of economic output. ... This bigger burden of government hurts Nordic competitiveness, both because government spending consumes resources that could be more efficiently allocated by market forces and because the accompanying high tax rates discourage productive behavior."
My income's from the US so it gets taxed by the feds --which is why I'm not trying to get Hitlery elected like so many freepers are. All I save on are state sales, property and income taxes. Panamanian sales tax is 6%, and property taxes are nil.
Ain’t socialism wunnerful???
Another myth exposed.
yitbos
I emailed this to my Danish brother-in-law. I’m interested to read what he says. He’s pretty conservative for a Dane. He votes for the Danish Peoples Party which is the party that has started cracking down on immigration. My sister and him still own a home outside Copenhagen but currently reside in Charleston.
I have plenty of relatives in Denmark. The country is just too small and well established. Few opportunities for entrepreneurs. Civil service, UN and EU employment are big there.
They do celebrate the 4th of July with fireworks.
yitbos
And they're definitely not coming here to Michigan..........
(BTW Sharon Stone's pretty scary, too.)
Young Danes Leave Denmark for Lower Taxes...
everyone knows...they ain’t coming to New Jersey!!!!
thanks to corslime and the lib/dems ... people in NJ are going to Denmark!!!!
We have Americans doing the same thing in many States across the USA, it is called spending more and more of the peoples money that does not approve and some that have less approving of the government spending your money
V/R
Don't forget state and local which is part of the public sector that the article references.
Look up the Growth in Population of little Virginia.
I have never seen so many people in my life living in Hampton Roads. The entire Northeast must be moving South.
Virginia will be forced to raise taxes soon just as high as the rest of the Northeast. You just see new condos and apartments being built and very few private homes.
It will not be long before all the land in the little cites has a structure sitting occupied.
One more thing. We're talking about public sector consumption, which taxes usually don't cover. The government borrows the rest.
Been more'n that in Denmark for decades =
Guess yo don't pay sales tax in your state? or property tax? Or tax on utility bills, car purchase/registration, etc etc ?
I wanna live in your state...
"him" does? ;o)
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