“The problem is that you’re getting neither.”
In no way did I intend to suggest the US has either small government or a working Scandinavian model of corporate friendly Socialism. The problem is that the US will never have a workable Socialism, regardless of the model it is based on. The way out of our mess is a long, hard road towards smaller, less intrusive government, not towards an agreeable Socialism. While not an Islamic wreck like Libya, the US is equally different from any of the Scandinavian cultures. Liberty and individualism and a return to our unique Western roots is the only way to salvage the US out of our long downward slide. It will take a strong political fight to cut government back, but that is the easy part. The cultural fight to regain moral sanity and the values that once made this a great nation to live in is a fight that too many Americans are ill-equipped to wage.
What Germany, USA, France and all others could learn from countries like Sweden and Denmark is this;
- Reduce goverment spending
- Reduce corporate taxes
Watch unemployment drop, watch investments returning, see optimism anew appearing in the faces of people.
There is no major difference between Stockholm, Sweden, Detroit, Michigan and Newcastle, Britain.
All we have to do is to give up on people like Michael Moore.
Seriously, you should enter politics.
Hope you already have.
Your ideas seem sound and you obviously care.
But, I’m not American, so I shouldn’t talk too much here.
Anyhow, keep up the good spirit!
Regards from Gothenburg, Sweden