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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Is Denmark’s democratic socialism a realistic model for the US? [View all]LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)54. It's a small country... but...
... "a giant fishing village surrounded by tulips and windmills"? I don't think that's correct.
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But how much are people willing to pay in increased taxes to get these "free" things.
SunSeeker
Nov 2015
#16
I've heard this argument many times, and I'm surprised nobody's mentioned...
HerbChestnut
Nov 2015
#29
The real problem was that the politicians, including Bernie, got weak in the knees.
SunSeeker
Nov 2015
#43
No, Hillary has a detailed economic plan that has a chance of implementation, unlike Bernie's
SunSeeker
Nov 2015
#40
No, it just talks about potential revenues from FITs...assuming he could get those passed.
SunSeeker
Nov 2015
#47
"Denmark is basically a giant fishing village surrounded by tulips and windmills"
AgingAmerican
Nov 2015
#17
If we ever get anything like a stronger welfare state/western social democracy
Starry Messenger
Nov 2015
#8
I'd like to see Cooper survive on minimum wage and without his connections. nt
valerief
Nov 2015
#28
The Danish health care system is pretty interesting, and I wish we'd look at it more here
Recursion
Nov 2015
#39