Look beyond the veneer and you’ll discover that all the seemingly free things in Denmark are not free at all. The people who get them pay for them in the form of exorbitant taxes. Which leaves them with comparatively little disposable income. Denmark has the highest income tax rate in the world among developed countries. It’s top rate is a whopping (or choking) 60 % for anyone earning more than $ 55,000. And all those beguiling benefits? Those are taxed as well when you receive them. Denmark levies a staggering 28% tax on jobless benefits and pension payments. It doesn’t stop there. What little money is left over after taxes, is taxed yet again! Denmark has a 25% national sales tax on almost all goods and services.. Want to buy a car in Denmark? You can’t unless you fork over a punitive 200% vehicle tax. A $25,000 automobile here in the U.S., would cost $75,000 Nor, I suspect, do students learn that Denmark’s vaunted social welfare state isn’t the utopia it may seem. Good luck if you get seriously sick there. The medical system is disparaged as inefficient and poor. Waiting times for specialized treatment and surgery are long, which is typical of countries that have adopted socialized medicine. Quality of care is diminished. Another artifice is free child care. It’s not really free. It’s subsidized. Recipients still must contribute significant sums for the care. Crime? Well, I guess not all Danes are happy. It has the highest burglary rate per capita in the European Union. Perfectly understandable. PEOPLE OFTEN CONFUSE SOCIALISM WITH THIEVERY! AND THERES MORE READ ON foxnews/opinion/2014/10/14/what-are-college-professors-not-teaching/
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:56:21 +0000
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