You'd be the dummy, Silly Suzy Simpleton. The taxes on an automobile and fuel in Denmark means most people in Denmark, in fact, do not own cars, Silly Suzy Simpleton. Similarly, houses in Denmark are typically very small in comparison to single family homes in the U.S., and home ownership is appreciably higher in the U.S. than in Denmark, Silly Suzy Simpleton. And Danes carry a greater personal debt load than Americans because their government takes so much of their income that they have to borrow money to buy those nice-to-have consumer products, Silly Suzy Simpleton.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
Part of this is happening because of world globalization, due to deregulation of the multinationals moving to these other countries. See my new thread defining social democracy and how globalization is interfering with these other country's social democracies. It's causing lower wages, for one thing. Houses may be smaller so that more people can have a home; therefore, less homelessness. Look at all the homeless people we have in our country; yet we have all these empty foreclosed homes owned by the banks just sitting there! European countries have excellent public transportation and more bike paths than America. People ride their bikes a lot instead of driving cars. Yes, they probably do pay higher taxes, but everyone has health care and subsidized and/or free college education. It's been proven they are happier and more stress free than Americans. The globalization and multinationals moving to other European countries are interfering with these governments. That's why these multinational corporations need to be regulated.
See this article:
Bobby Scott says U.S. is No. 2 in income disparity among developed nations
http://www.politifact.com/virginia/s...rity-among-de/
Although politicians in many countries spent most of the period since 1980 talking about the need to reduce the role of the state in the economy, and in many cases introduced policies of privatisation, deregulation and liberalisation to help this happen, public spending has continued to increase as a share of gdp. Within the oecd, public spending accounted for a larger slice of GDP in 2002 than in 1990, which was in turn higher than in 1980. Indeed, it has risen during every decade since the start of the 20th century. One reason was that governments had to honour spending commitments on pensions and health care made by previous generations of politicians.
Corporate Accountability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: How Responsible Business Conduct could and should play a decisive role
http://oecdinsights.org/2015/09/28/c...decisive-role/