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Why hasn't the United States sent aid to the people suffering in Sweden and Denmark?

Sweden, one of the happiest countries in the world: "This “welfare state” model is an excellent example of effective national taxes. Among other things the state provides universal tax-funded childcare, parental leave, health care, education (including university), retirement pensions and sick leave. Including value added tax (VAT - kind of like sales tax), it is possible to pay up to 80% of your income as taxes. Contrary to popular belief, Swedes are quite OK with their high taxes. After all it gives them tons of free and high quality services - what’s not to be happy about!" Sweden is also the home of IKEA - the worlds largest furniture store. IKEA’s founder Ingvar Kampard is famous for being the 7th richest person in the world (Net worth $31 billion) and driving a 15 year old Volvo station wagon. It has been claimed that more people read the Ikea catalogue than the Bible - and that one in ten Europeans have been conceived on an Ikea bed. Canada, one of the happiest countries in the world: "Many people have no idea that Canada’s head of state is actually Queen Elizabeth II - the head of the British Monarchy. This meant that when Britain declared war on Germany in World War I, Canada was automatically at war with the soon to be Nazi country. Unlike the neighboring US, Canada has never cancelled its relations with Cuba and has declined to take part from the Iraq War - instead, it has played a leading role in the United Nations peacekeeping missions and helped to launch a $1.5 billion initiative to help develop vaccines that could save millions of people in poor countries. It seems that happy people make a happy country!" Denmark, THE happiest country (#1) in the world: "Just like Sweden, Denmark is a Nordic welfare state with most of its services free to the citizens. Expect to pay 72% of your money to the government on the highest income tax bracket. According to Wikipedia Denmark has the worlds highest taxes! When buying a car in Denmark one has to pay 25% VAT to the import price of the vehicle and then a 180% registration tax on top. That means when a car sells for $20 000, you have to pay an additional $45 000 as taxes for the government (total of $65 000). That’s why people in Denmark ride bikes or use one of the best public transport systems in the world. Denmark also has 2 autonomous provinces - the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The latter is over 50 times larger than Denmark but has about 100 times less people." Universal Healthcare is the only difference (besides taxes which, under Obama's plan, would only be for people making 250,000$ a year) between them and the United States.

Public Comments

1. people in denmark have a very bleak outlook in life so just tying their shoes and not having a lace breaks makes them deliriously happy
2. So what? What the hell is your point? What the F* does IKEA and the founder's lifestyle have to do with anything? So what if Denmark has 2 autonomous provinces or their populations? So what if Canada's head of state is the Queen?
3. You really want the Government running HEALTHCARE? You realize this is the same government that are 18/24 in public schools, right? Among other things, almost nothing run by the government ever works. Why in the world would we want them running healthcare?
4. Republicans will tell you to go live there . They prefer the Hell of Republican rule. This Older Military Widow knows better > Life Experience is a great teacher - so I will vote for >>>> Obam and Biden
5. Denmark has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. I'd like to know what exactly went in to measuring their "HAPPINESS."
6. And your point is...
7. Well, for starters both Sweden and Denmark are developed first world countries that have experience no disasters of other traumas recently, so they don't need aid. For another thing they are both socialist countries and the only thing that the Bush administration like to send to socialist countries are CIA agents. Lastly, the Bush administration likely doesn't know where Sweden and Denmark are because the US has no oil fields there.
8. Im not sure about your last sentence. Was that just a typo and youre saying that everyone that makes less than $250,000 a year would get healthcare? Im assuming so since the latter makes no sense. But seriously, Im very undecided because I dont think that change will happen with either. We need to focus on those priorites that other countries have in regards to helping the people. We need a government that works, not a government like this. Dont expect change from either. Obama and certainly Biden dont care about your healthcare and why should they? Our tax dollars go to giving everyone healthcare but those who havent done anything wrong. They go to illegal immigrant that come here illegally, they go to politicains who couldnt care or even think of life without tax dollar funded insurance from my crappy $9/hr paycheck and prisoners who commit crimes get free healthcare. Meanwhile those who pay their bills, or what they can of it, work hard, and have never commited a crime cant get health insurance. i fail to see the logic of that. but like I said, I will be shocked if anything regarding healthcare happens.