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Old 02-18-2009, 11:50 AM   #33
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Not only has that happened, its the standard for Nordic countries, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland.

All of them by UN and many of the agreed upon standards represent the tops of life expectancy, literacy rates, irreligious rate, etc..

It goes by the simple point of view, in the US its "all for one, one for themselves" and in those nordic countries its all for one, one for all.

And those nordic countries are the top of all agreed upon scales of societal happyness, health, education, etc..
Iceland is doing just fine right now, aren't they?

There were reforms to the Swedish system as well.

Showing that even 'that' style of government has problems.
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