A Swedish politician was visiting the United States. He noted to his host, “America has so many poor people”. “Yes, we do, but please note that few if any are from Swedish ancestry”.
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A Swedish politician was visiting the United States. He noted to his host, “America has so many poor people”. “Yes, we do, but please note that few if any are from Swedish ancestry”.”
- That’s a good point, but does it really end there?
How come several people that have failed to establish a normal, productive life in their own home countries have managed to do so in Sweden?
In the US, this isn’t exactly unusual. A lot of immigrants to the US have become very, very successful like we all know.
But why is there still poverty in America?
Because there should be!!
Sweden promotes the idea of the nanny state. We are used to this societal concept, it has disadvantages but still we manage to compete on markets worldwide.
USA is based on something called LIBERTY and I, sincerely, hope Americans will continue to promote this noble ideal, because if you all of a sudden would start talking about “becoming Scandinavian”, I would declare all of you insane and then shoot myself in any part of my body where it would cause a lot of inconvenient pain.