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Originally posted by Maru
I'm not going to defend the Danish taxes - and the present government want to lower them if they can - but.... you failed to mention that basically everything is included in those taxes: Free universities, free medi-care, free hospitals, etc, etc. There's no poverty here like you'll meet it in USA or elsewhere.
It turns out that this socialdemocratic society cannot be sustained in a modern world. Immigrants from third world countries flock to come to Scandinavia. They can get it all for free here - and that'll break the back of the socialdemocratic camel.
So - the way to go is to bring down taxes and let people pay for themselves. 
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I agree - there ARE a lot of benefits, I realized that when my sister suddenly got sick and hospitalized a short while ago.
I go to the university for free and if you ever get unemployed you don't have to live on the street.
BUT there has got to be a compromise between taxes and benefits. I don't want it to be like the USA which is pretty much directly opposite of Denmark. But again there has to be a middle course.