Posted on 03/08/2019 2:11:35 PM PST by knighthawk
Finland’s entire government resigned Friday after the governing coalition failed to agree on the welfare state reform, just one month before elections were due to be held.
Juha Sipila has been the country’s prime minister since 2015 after forming a three-party governing coalition with two other right-leaning parties, including the small populist Blue Reform Party, a group that was once part of the eurosceptic True Finns but split up amid divisions over immigration policies.
“I take the responsibility for the failure. It has been a huge disappointment to me,” Sipila said during a news conference, adding that the reform in the works “had been one of our most important projects.”
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How great that would be if it happened here!?
Finally, something worthy of emulating from a Leftist government.
Maybe Ron Paul can introduce the legislation.
Oops, Rand Small...
I wish ours would dissolve.
So is this in protest of too much or not enough socialism?
“I take the responsibility for the failure.”
Something you’ll not here from liberal politicians here.
“hear”
Never, Never, Never Give Up ! Winston Churchill
Get busy living or get busy dying. Andy
So — they’re all finnish?
Chances for graft must be low in Finland.
Send Bernie to Finland - he’ll fix it
I’m so jealous I could spit.
From what I read, 20% of their population is over 65, and the younger ones don’t like having to help support their old age benefits. I don’t know who was on which side, tho.
Well, that didn’t work. How about this:
They decided to quit working and go on welfare while they still could.
They decided to quit working and go on welfare while that was still an option.
“Due to the structure of the Finnish welfare state, the aging population is putting a strain on the system as provisions and benefits are paid by the working-age population.”
Yep. Good thing the US is insulated from socialism.
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