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  • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

    Originally posted by The Rube View Post
    bs (c) Scooby

    Not sure what that means, but apparently it a legit response.
    Wow. You can't even do that right.
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    Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
    Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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    • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

      Originally posted by joecct View Post
      As it is, Big Pharma rules all with Big Insurance playing god.
      It's all about the Benjamins.
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      Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
      Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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      • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

        Originally posted by The Rube View Post
        60% 56%? You kidding me? You are paying more than taking in? I don't care how much you make, that's bull*.
        Denmark’s top marginal effective income tax rate is 60.4 percent. Sweden’s is 56.4 percent (from the article)
        Study up:

        OECD Better Life Index Demnark
        Why Danes Happily Pay High Rates of Taxes

        Denmark has one of the highest tax rates in the world, which is often mentioned as one of the biggest objections against the Danish welfare model. The average annual income in Denmark is about 39,000 euros (nearly $43,000) and as such, the average Dane pays a total amount of 45 percent in income taxes. Danish income taxes are based on a progressive tax system, so if you make more than 61,500 euros (about $67,000) per year, an additional tax rate of 7 percent is added over this threshold.

        Neverthless, a Gallup survey from 2014 showed that almost nine out of 10 Danish people happily pay their taxes to some or a high degree.
        The reason behind the high level of support for the welfare state in Denmark is the awareness of the fact that the welfare model turns our collective wealth into well-being. We are not paying taxes. We are investing in our society. We are purchasing quality of life.

        The key to understanding the high levels of happiness in Denmark is the welfare model's ability to reduce risks, uncertainties and anxieties among its citizens and prevent extreme unhappiness.

        The Danish welfare model provides opportunities for its citizens to pursue their happiness from advanced starting positions disregarding economic, social, gendered or cultural backgrounds. Let me give you some examples.

        Education is free and even at university level, there is no tuition fee. Meanwhile, every Danish student receives around $900 per month from the state. This means I won't have to worry about how to finance my kid's education. It will be their talents and dreams that shape the path of their careers, not the size of my wallet.
        The Danish laws for parental leave are among the most generous in the world with a total of 52 weeks, out of which the parents can receive up to 32 weeks of monetary support from the state. Furthermore, most employees have five weeks of vacation allowing families and friend to spend quality time with each other.

        There is free quality health care for everyone and the welfare model works as a risk-reducing mechanism. Danes simply have less to worry about in daily life than most other people and that forms a sound basis for high levels of happiness.
        According to several scholars, the welfare model's ability to alleviate risks and insecurities in people's lives is one of the keys to understanding why Denmark does well in the happiness surveys. This is mainly because Denmark does well in terms of preventing extreme unhappiness. In a research paper from 2010 it was shown that the poorest Danes generally are quite happier than the poorest Americans – since the poorest people in Denmark enjoy a wide range of public social benefits that the poorest Americans do not – while the difference between the wealthiest people in each country is very little. That is also why Denmark is one of the countries where people feel most resilient to changes and least anxious in their daily lives.

        Thus, Denmark is very equal in terms of happiness. As Richard A. Easterlin, Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California, explains, "There is greater equality in happiness in Denmark and Scandinavia. Mainly because the poorest groups are doing better than in other countries."
        Happiness is becoming a core concern for the people who pass the laws shaping the circumstances of our lives.

        In recent years, happiness, well-being and quality of life have made a powerful imprint on policy-making. The United Nations passed a resolution inviting countries to start measuring the happiness of their populations. Similarly, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development now includes life satisfaction as a parameter for the development of the member countries, and OECD Secretary General Ángel Gurría declares that "Improving the quality of our lives should be the ultimate target of public policies."

        These ambitions reflect the growing awareness among people, politicians and scientists that economic progress is no longer a satisfactory indicator for the progress of a society.

        Despite economic growth, I see massive economic anxiety. I see countries such as the United States and South Korea having achieved tremendous growth in the past decades, but failing to convert wealth into well-being for the people.

        Denmark is by no means a perfect utopia, and the country faces challenges and issues like any other country. But I do believe Denmark can be a source of inspiration in how countries can increase quality of life.
        They have better life expectancy, less pollution, more vacation, less abject poverty, and their poorest are happier than our poorest.

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        • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

          Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
          Study up:

          OECD Better Life Index Demnark
          Why Danes Happily Pay High Rates of Taxes











          They have better life expectancy, less pollution, more vacation, less abject poverty, and their poorest are happier than our poorest.
          Well if ours just worked harder maybe they wouldn't be so poor and unhappy!

          Or something like that

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          • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

            Originally posted by The Rube View Post
            We used to just do things that are not acceptable anymore, either.
            This doesn't negate a single thing I said lol. If our nation had unprecedented prosperity partly as a result of far higher taxes on the top percentile of earners, how is that a bad thing? Because Dennis Praeger told you it was?

            Also I applaud Stauber for having the patience to think Rube is actually willing to learn, use his brain, and actively engage in good faith. I'm long past that point.
            Last edited by trixR4kids; 08-28-2019, 09:46 AM.

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            • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

              Looks like Monmouth themselves are backing off of that poll from last week that got some people's loins tingling out here!

              https://politicalwire.com/2019/08/28...as-an-outlier/
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              • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                Well yeah, of course it's an outlier (currently). Whether that poll is predictive of future trends or movement is the question.

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                • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                  Yeah. lol. No one here is dumb enough to assume that poll means anything without confirmation. It’s always about trends.

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                  • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                    Tulsi and Steyer didn’t qualify. That’s a shame.
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                    • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                      Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                      Tulsi and Steyer didn’t qualify. That’s a shame.
                      Thoughts and prayers.
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                      • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                        Biden will presumably keep gaffing his way through the debates. I can't see him gaining much but he'll only begin to hemorrhage support when one of Warren/Sanders breaks free.

                        I see Yang made the debate. I love him but it's gross that from now on we're going to tolerate a billionaire and a tech bro farting around with their Disruptor memes during each cycle. My favorite parody of this is the son running on Succession. The cluelessness of the super-rich and the Silicon Valley Dou-che knows no bounds.
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                        • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                          Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
                          Tulsi and Steyer didn’t qualify. That’s a shame.
                          Wonder who the Russia Bots will transition to?
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                          • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                            Originally posted by bronconick View Post
                            Wonder who the Russia Bots will transition to?
                            Bernie! (I kid, I kid )
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                            • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                              Originally posted by Rover View Post
                              Bernie! (I kid, I kid )
                              Ya know, he doesn't actually give a sh-t about foreign policy and he's bound to be more non-interventionist. Plus he would be a great target for further radicalization of the American right, and Russia's long-term plan is to build a grassroots fascist movement in the US and destroy democracy.

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                              • Re: 2020 Democratic Challengers IV: Culling the Herd

                                Kepler's favorite Kirsten Gillibrand drops out.
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