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Originally Posted by troutman

If Socialism is bad, why are the Scandinavian countries rated the best places to live?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6132725AAoGdNo

Why must we assume an NDP government would lead to the apocalypse? I'm not voting NDP, but why are we so afraid, when socialist governments seem to work so well in other countries?

Or, is Scandinavian socialism a myth?

http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/5616.aspx

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/510

I think I should also mention that our proximity and friendship with the United States is both a blessing (our global importance, defense, luxuries) and a curse (keeping up with the joneses, obsession with capitlist culture and the "american/canadian" dream).


Let me also be clear on this. If I truly believed Jack Layton could eliminate poverty by 2020 (and not just because everyone would be poor so relatively speaking, no one would be poor) I would vote for him in a heartbeat.

My problem is he won't "shake up Ottawa" he'll tweak it just enough to make my life worse.