Tuesday, October 20, 2015

I love Denmark ...

From: Something Not Rotten in Denmark, NY Times Opinion Pages, October 19, 2015, by Paul Krugman

Denmark:
  • Scandinavian country with a population of 5.6 million
  •  Welfare state - government programs designed to provide economic security
    • universal health care
    • free college education and student receive a stipend
    • subsidized day care
  • Working age families receive more than 3x as much aid as their U.S. counterparts
  • Tax
    • top income tax rate: 60.3 percent
    • national sales tax: 25 percent
    • tax take is almost half of national income
  •  Ranks at or near the top on international comparisons of life satisfaction :)

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