Re:The US is the new Europe (Score 2, Insightful)

"Try telling that to the Scandinavians - it's been called "communism that works", and guess what - they have a higher standard of living than you!" Above statement is a lie. Communism doesnt work in Scandinavia either - but you all know that, of course. Since the early seventies Sweden has dropped down from being one of the four best economic growers in the world - now we are on place 17 (according to OECD) After WWII Sweden got a headstart in the economic sense. Sweden did not lay in ruins, as did the rest of Europe. In the early seventies the rest of Europe caught up with Sweden, and passed. Sweden continued to raise taxes, though, instead of promoting free enterprise. That is why we are now relatively poor. If Sweden was a state in the USA, we would be the poorest. Swedes would be considered a social problem. I wouldnt mind it, though. Socialism is bad for the economy, and bad for people. /Per Gudmundson, Stockholm, Sweden