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http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/510
The results are shocking. High taxes and government spending in Scandinavian countries have lead to anemic growth in job creation and GDP.
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As poster PVN is fond of saying, "You have to be rich to be a success?"
By the measurements of purely GNP, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finnland, or Iceland might not be your "runaway success stories" but methinks there are other measurements too. Or they should be.
As a friend of mine was fond of saying, "When we pump out the last barrel of oil and cut down the last tree, we will discover that we cannot eat money."