Since Sanders so often refers to Nordic / Scandinavian countries

[w0nderer]

and people in the US so often scream about tax rates in those areas

OMIGOD you pay 45% taxes?????!!!!???!!!!

let's get into it a bit

american paychecks give
pay,
minus fico
minus social
minus medicare
only one counts as tax

when a Swede or Dane checks his paycheck he does this

contribution to
tax==
tax
pension
ss
medicare
dental
healtcare
childcare
unemployment
housing supplement if applicable
food supplement if applicable
and so on

notice, nordic countries (it's baked into the tax)....US..it's detailed....nickle and dime to death

[99th_Monkey]

1. I saw this article today, which goes into some of the nuances

9 questions about Denmark, Bernie Sanders’s favorite socialist utopia
http://www.vox.com/2015/10/16/9544007/denmark-nordic-model

I'm interested in what people (esp. Sandernistas) think of this article.

Any thoughts?

[No Vested Interest]

2. I like Bernie Sanders. Two mistakes he made during the debate were:

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using the word "revolution" - sure to scare the mainstream, and-

Naming the country "Denmark". It would have better to have said ""a European country" or better still, "some European countries", without mentioning a specific country. We Americans don't like to be told any specific country is doing something better than the USA. After all, we're "exceptional"!

This is where a little more debate prep might have helped him.
Nonetheless, Bernie Sanders performed remarkably well, and won many hearts with his "emails" remark.

Now, if only we can be sure that Larry David is available to appear long-term on SNL, all will be well.

[w0nderer]

3. i know you mean this sarcastically but

you special you special you special

denmark sweden norway finland or iceland would happy show you how to
slap down bankers and tax rich xxxxxxx's


Opens a carlsberg *nods a toast to the US* good luck!

[Bernin4U]

5. Honesty is the best policy, except...

for when it's not.

Years back, local congressman put on a townhall while ACA was still in the works. He made the mistake of pointing out that our healthcare system was worse than Cuba's. A lot of people only seem to hear that as, "I hate America!"

[newfie11]

4. AND a 6 hour work day

Yes I know Americans won't stand for that!