I can’t wait until we don’t have to see his tantrums everywhere. One day everyone will forget all about him.
We had better not forget about him. Just like we had better not forget about all of the other monstrous people in our history and the monstrous things that they’ve done.
Meanwhile, people are already starting to think warmly of George W Bush, war criminal.
Norway of all places. The country with some of the best ratings for quality of life, education, safety and nearly every other metric.
The reason, I’ll bet, is that people who are happy and well cared for are more difficult to exploit, which is the only metric his psychopathic brain cares about.
More like he still thinks Norway controls the Nobel prize and he’s still mad he didn’t get it.
The only reason is that they didn’t give him his gold fucking star that Obama got
I visited Norway a couple years ago. It was a god damn fairy tail. Waterfalls and fjords everywhere. Pristine rivers, mountains and forests. Clean air and water. Amazing restaurants and public transportation. Everyone spoke English. I would live there…easy. My only complaint is it is a bit expensive but the quality of live trade off would be worth it.
Everyone spoke English.
I get what you’re trying to say but saying this feels wrong. It just bothers me when Anglophones present this as some measure other nations should strive for.
I spent 12 most learning Norwegian. I never had to use it once. My grandfather spoke it, but was a bit stubborn so we never learned it. I was more stating basically everyone in Norway speaks the English, which is nice for many international travelers as it is a common denominator for communication. Norwegian is not very useful as a second or third language, but I did enjoy it.
At least we provide our citizens with basic things like health insurance as a right.
-All Norway has to say.
As a Norwegian, I would never call it health “insurance”. It’s just part of the social security that we pay taxes for.
It’s more like health assurance.
Fuck, should’ve thought of that one!
Well, the state is acting as a single payer for all health care its populace needs. The money is not going from you directly to the service provider. An example of that would be you paying someone to rotate your tires. Rather, the state is providing payment to the doctor for services provided to treat your health care needs. Thus, the state is acting as an insurer whose premium is the taxes you pay. You just get a whole lot of extras for the premium you pay (like road work, disaster relief, penalizing criminality, etc.). That is a textbook example of insurance.
*Edit: for those of you who doubt what I say, I ask you to look at history to as an illustration. When the US was last trying to adopt universal care under Obama, who was it that dumped the buckets of money on advertising to water it down to a mere marketplace from Romneycare? It was the private insurance companies. What was the main reform that got adopted in that in lieu of state coverage? That the insurance companies could no longer deny people with pre-existing conditions.
This is very american-centric thinking. Its just a service provided by the state on a needs basis. Like a road, or the immigration office.
I mean, the state provides public schools, free for all aged ≈5-18, but we don’t call it “education insurance.”
but we don’t call it “education insurance.”
Did you not see where I said this?
You just get a whole lot of extras for the premium you pay (like road work, disaster relief, penalizing criminality, etc.).
No it’s not… it’s a textbook example of a social safety net. aka Social Security. aka what they said.
A safety net is an synonym for insurance.
So all my taxes are going to insurance somehow?
Public transport insurance?
Public school insurance?
Public road insurance?
Did you not see where I said this?
You just get a whole lot of extras for the premium you pay (like road work, disaster relief, penalizing criminality, etc.).
But, yeah, at a conceptual level, society is ultimately a safety net (synonym for insurance) when compared to the individualism from living pre-stone age.
Just say the guy was right already.
I wish any reporter would ask Trump a simple question like, “Can you say a number between 500 and 1000?” or “What is the capital of the United States?” or “Name a country in North America.”
“What are the middle names of your grandchildren?”
Oh hilarious, another American with an opinion about a country he has never seen.
Norway has their shit together. It’s a better Sweden.
A more expensive one; that’s for sure.
You get what you pay for.
At a a society level, that’s true. At the restaurants, it definitely doesn’t feel that way. Yes people get paid better, but $32 for a cheesesteak is crazypants.
