Well, if high taxes and socialized medicine are the keys to national wealth, American prosperity must be just around the corner.
I agree, though I would insert “confiscatory taxes and graft”.
You’re right! It is just around the corner. It will club us and take what little we have left.
“Well, if high taxes and socialized medicine are the keys to national wealth, American prosperity must be just around the corner.”
- Scandinavia isn’t rich because of high taxes.
It’s rich because of hard work, a true passion for competition and well run companies.
Study the history of Nokia, Volvo, Ericsson and IKEA. You’ll find the answer there.
Call it what you may, Nordic fighting spirit and the idea of looking after one’s own house existed long before Marx and Lenin.