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Democratic Primaries

TomVilmer

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5. Yes, we pay for all our nice security in Denmark by tax...

Reply to dansolo (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 09:11 AM

Mar 2020

... and by not paying all the US insurances etc, we have plenty of money left for that tax and much more!

BTW - only the more wealthy pays 53 percent (including church tax). The rest of us pays 37 percent with lots of deductions. Which gives us all of those free doctors, unemployment benefits, pensions and such. I would like it to be even better - but would newer switch!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Joe Biden, Not Bernie Sanders, Is the True Scandinavian. [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 OP

But to reach that goal, guillaumeb Mar 2020 #1

Sanders knows what the Scandinavian model is. Hortensis Mar 2020 #7

That's misleading FrozenMoonage Mar 2020 #2

Your take is more true to the reality of Denmark... TomVilmer Mar 2020 #3

Bernie intentionally hides the taxes part dansolo Mar 2020 #4

Yes, we pay for all our nice security in Denmark by tax... TomVilmer Mar 2020 #5

not really FrozenMoonage Mar 2020 #6