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To: Taro who wrote (973361)	10/18/2016 9:20:19 AM
From: Bonefish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570665

KOAN was a blue eyed blonde. No wonder he likes Nordic.

To: Taro who wrote (973361)	10/18/2016 1:10:36 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570665

If you think I'm talking baloney about Nordic countries, I'm willing to discuss a comparison between the Nordic countries and the United States social systems. But you can't just say I'm full of bull crap and leave it at that. You need to attack my ideas, not me. The Nordic countries have many things that we don't have like universal healthcare and very affordable education. Their students rank near the top, while our students rank near the bottom. They treat their prisoners with dignity and have a lot less per capita than we do. They have a large and vibrant middle class, while we're 65th in the world. They are smart enough to have abolished the death penalty. And all the Nordic countries rank high on the scale of happiness. Denmark regularly rates as number one. If you lived in Sweden for 33 years you should know that they have few rich and few poor and a large vibrant middle class. And then when you say things like their corporate taxes only 20%, and contrast with that of ours which is higher, you don't go on to say the large portion of our corporations pay little to no tax at all because of all the loopholes. Discuss the issues.