Scandinavia is better than the U.S.A

1. Can you please give me a link to how much Scandinavians usually pay in taxes. 2. I know you were not talking about happiness. But still, they being patriotic does not mean you are happy, and how much you like living in your country is most important. 3-5. ): 6. Yeah, its called wealth inequality. As I said before, we are the richest country, but we don;t feel like it because it is all going to the top 1%. Also, as I mentioned before, the US has more people in poverty than in Scandinavia. I would also like to point out, the US has the second most people in poverty than any developed country. 7. Once again, the money is limited. But, Scandinavians give the highest percentage of their GDP http://www.crossborderdirectory.org... Sweden and Norway give about 1.10% of their GDP to charity. And Denmark gives about 0.80% 8-9 Well 1, the US has 320 million people, and Scandinavia combined only has about 20-25 million. All their gap's combined makes less than 2 million dollars, America has a lot of resources, but in Scandinavia it is limited. 10. I am saying the people are not the only thing that make it great, its the country as a whole, that includes the government, their politics, and their natural geography. 11. That is like calling Canada a monarchy because it has a queen. All these countries have prime minister, for Iceland, it is Sigmund Dav"" Gunnlaugsson, for Sweden, it is Stefan L"fven, the prime minister of Norway is Erna Solberg, and for Denmark, it is Lars L"kke Rasmussen, if you want to know what they do, check out this video. 12. Have you herd of the new law that got passed in Alabama. First you'll have to learn about the black belt, I don;t want to explain it all, so I'll just sum it up. It has a majority of African Americans. And it is noticeable in elections, in every election, the people with in the black belt usually vote democrat unlike the rest of Alabama. The government passed a beget cut, and that budget cut was in 28 counties, and guess what, almost all those counties are in the black belt. That budget cut said it will stop spending money on licence plates in these counties, so they can not drive. And in Alabama, you need a drivers license to vote. http://talkingpointsmemo.com... So if it is racist, or bi-parts, it is not right. 13. Guess what, that is because America has 300 million people, and Norway does not even have 10 million. You have to do proportion. Norway has 5 million people, right now, they have 26,000 troops in action. divide their population by the number of troops, and that is 203. And for the US, p/t= 160, so Norway would beat the US. 14. Could you please give me a link to that study. NEW TOPICS Scandinavia is the best for mothers. Here is a study to prove it. https://www.washingtonpost.com... In this study, it shows Norway being the best place for mothers, Finland, though not technically a country in Scandinavia, but in Fenno-Scandinavia, is number 2, Iceland is 3, Denmark is 4, and Sweden is 5. That's right, the top 5 are all countries in fenno-Scandinavia. And were is America? Not in the top 10, not in the top 15. Not even in the top 25, it is number 33. This is with all the assistance the government gives them, including giving the mothers some payed time off to take care of their babies. Life expectancy, Scandinavian countries beat the US in life expectancy, look at this link https://en.wikipedia.org... It shows here, that Sweden, Iceland, and Norway are tied at 9, and Denmark, at 29. 29 is high, but it is better than the US, which has the average life expectancy of 79, which places it at number 34. Once again, not even in the top 25. ***NEW RULE, WE HAVE TO GIVE LINKS EVERY TIME WE SAY A FACT OR ELSE IT IS JUST AN OPINION, THIS WILL TAKE EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE DEBATE.***