06-10-2015, 02:57 PM
If you're going to engineer a study to push a liberal agenda, you should probably make sure Japan and Ireland don't come out ahead of the US (at least they caught Spain and Italy).
But comparing individual EU countries to the US is apples-and-oranges, compare the whole (where populatioon and geography is more equivalent)...or we could see where US states rank for a better comparison.
It's interesting, but studies I've seen including transfer payments have the US much higher, like in the top 5 or so with really only Norway and Denmark (I think) coming ahead consistently. And intuitively that makes sense - most of Europe has had higher social benefits (well, mainly just healthcare) but also pays higher taxes, has lower wages, lower job growth, lower employment and lower economic growth for decades.
LOL:
"We see that exclusion across the U.S.’ scorecard: lack of access to health care, lack of access to education, lack of access to information, lack of access to safety and even — relative to other rich country peers — lack of access to piped water."
.....Ummm, BS, BS, BS, the US has among the strictest safety regs in the world, and the last two are people choosing to live in rural areas where services and piped water aren't remotely cost feasible.
But comparing individual EU countries to the US is apples-and-oranges, compare the whole (where populatioon and geography is more equivalent)...or we could see where US states rank for a better comparison.
It's interesting, but studies I've seen including transfer payments have the US much higher, like in the top 5 or so with really only Norway and Denmark (I think) coming ahead consistently. And intuitively that makes sense - most of Europe has had higher social benefits (well, mainly just healthcare) but also pays higher taxes, has lower wages, lower job growth, lower employment and lower economic growth for decades.
LOL:
"We see that exclusion across the U.S.’ scorecard: lack of access to health care, lack of access to education, lack of access to information, lack of access to safety and even — relative to other rich country peers — lack of access to piped water."
.....Ummm, BS, BS, BS, the US has among the strictest safety regs in the world, and the last two are people choosing to live in rural areas where services and piped water aren't remotely cost feasible.
