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Hopefully, we have time to choose friendship before we run out of time and the choice (for the grave) is made for us. Have Keyboard. Will Travel. :)
Nor has high taxation in the Nordic countries impeded economic performance. Rather than relying mainly on income taxation, as in the US, the Nordic countries rely on value-added taxation, which provides a relatively high amount of revenue with relatively low rates of evasion and few distortions to the economy.
The Nordic experience also belies conservatives' claim that a large social welfare state weakens incentives to work and save. National saving in the Nordic countries averages more than 20 percent of national income, compared to around 10 percent in the US
But we have to add in the inbuilt Calvinist/Lutheran work morale
But how replicable are the Nordic successes? These countries have small populations, easy access to international trade, natural resources, and peaceful neighbours. Most notably, they are ethnically homogeneous, so that social divisions are more amenable to compromise. However, this means that the challenge of maintaining a strong social welfare state in ethnically and racially diverse societies such as the US is not economic, but one of promoting respect and inclusiveness
espect and inclusiveness -right on! You can't be me, I'm taken
Please present your comparative figues for annual per capita comparative consumption of alcohol in Norway and Finland. The loser offfers the winner a night out in the local nightspot of choice,
Welcome to Helsinki... You can't be me, I'm taken
I'm talking here about £30-50 a pint and £40-50 for a decent single malt.
But you know Sven, unless we drop this subject (and yes, I am aware that I raised it), we'll be at risk from the air marshall, not for the first time.
So I'll pour myself one instead, and dream of Helsinki. The world's northernmost desert wind.
Come to Helsinki and let me show you a good time. A little fisticuffs is merely part of a good evening out...In between we might solve the problems of the world... You can't be me, I'm taken
I'll see you in Helsinki before this lifetime is over, drink you pitifully under the table, and thump my chest! The world's northernmost desert wind.
You can still thump your chest, the moral victory will be clear ;-9 You can't be me, I'm taken
Sweden's supply, in number of people supportable: 22MM (70% available)
Norway: 55MM (92% available)
For comparison Canada has enough for 408MM (likewise 92% available for export)
These are all estimates, of course, and subject to revision.
Wouldn't want to shortchange Finland, if the Finns have more water on tap than that. :) Have Keyboard. Will Travel. :)
Note that these are all boreal regions. And I am fascinated by the apparent fact that not only does every cubic metre of timber sequester 210 kilos of carbon, but that the average 20 year old tree holds 200 litres of water. And that transpiration produces 2/3rds of atmospheric water. You can't be me, I'm taken
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