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Everyone has access to healthcare

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Nordic countries have extremely high tax rates

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The welfare system in the Nordic Countries was introduced after they were already successful. Misconception has it that the countries are successful because of the model.

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People have a higher chance to climb the social ladder

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Big government means less say for people

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Least income inequality in the world.

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High living standards, long life spans and low poverty rates.

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Seniors get retirement income

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More free health care programs

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Nords are slowly beginning to lose faith in the idea of this welfare state.

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Their social and economic success had materialized quickly during a time to allow free-market places.

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very good economy

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people do not have much power

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We would have to work together to make it successful and that's hard to achieve.

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people are loss their power to their goerment

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In the past few decades Nordic countries have been reforming their social systems, Cutting taxes.

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Nordic americans are more socially successful than their cousins in scandinavia

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long life span

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Nordic Countries have the highest tax rates among Nations

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Nordic farmers owned their land but struggled to survive in the horrible climate of Scandinavia.

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The government and welfare systems were the results of hard-work, social cohesion, and individual responsibility. this means that it may be more difficult for other countries to replicate.

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exceptional culture that emphasizes social cohesion, hard work, and individual responsibility

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Swedes live 3.2 years longer than Americans

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Nordic countries have been gradually been reforming their social systems by cutting taxes. Public benefits have been limited to reduce welfare dependency.

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Nordic Americans are more accomplished than Scandanavians.

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Nordic Americans have much lower high-school dropout rates, much lower unemployment rates, and even slightly lower poverty rates.

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Swedes live 3 years longer than the average american 323

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in 1960, the tax rate in the country was merely 25 percent of GDP, lower than the 27 percent rate in the U.S.

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Swedes live 3.2 years longer than Americans.

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The universal healthcare system has actually made average lifespans shrink.

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The difference in life span has shrunk as Nordic countries moved from a small public sector to a democratic-socialist model with universal health coverage.

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The countries aren't whining for free health care and other such services.

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Low poverty rates

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Narrow income distributions

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High tax rates

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The countries' success comes from a centuries old ethic of honesty and hard work.

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the american left is more interested in the Nordic myth

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It is a common misconception that the Nordic countries became socially and economically successful when the welfare system was introduced.

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The life span has shrunk after the Nordic countries after they introduced universal health care.