EE PatronJan 5th 2012, 20:33:08
[quote poster=trumper; 14566; 260121]
"According to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, over the past 30 years, inequality in Sweden, Germany, Israel, Finland and New Zealand has grown as fast or faster than inequality in the United States, even though these countries have very different welfare systems. "
http://www.nytimes.com/...risis-economics.html?_r=1
So, yes, socialism is evil, or at least eviler =p.
I don't understand the point, are you trying to use this to justify increasing inequality in the US? Sweden's still the most equal country in the world as measured by the Gini coefficient and all of the countries listed are more equal than the US. There's "room" to expand inequality there without jeopardizing the minimum quality of life that people in Sweden believe everyone should be entitled to (and Americans don't).
Originally posted by qzjul:
"According to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, over the past 30 years, inequality in Sweden, Germany, Israel, Finland and New Zealand has grown as fast or faster than inequality in the United States, even though these countries have very different welfare systems. "
http://www.nytimes.com/...risis-economics.html?_r=1
So, yes, socialism is evil, or at least eviler =p.
Originally posted by Cerberus:
This guy is destroying the U.S. Dollars position as the preferred exchange for international trade. The Chinese Ruan is going to replace it soon, then the U.S. will not have control of the IMF