According to Norway, the United States is a poorly develed country

[Gothmog]

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[jimfields33]

1. I'd love to see the number of people coming to Norway compared to the United States

I bet more people desire to come to the United States then Norway by a ton. Norway is having a sad. Lol.

[Aussie105]

2. Huh?

How is that at all relevant?

[jimfields33]

3. They say they are better. Migration numbers would prove them wrong

Norway if better would have millions wanting to move there and that is not what reality shows.

[a la izquierda]

26. I'd move to Norway tomorrow if I could.

And I was born and raise here in the US. I tell my students considering grad school that they should look to Scandinavia (and Europe more generally).

[malaise]

5. What a ridiculous post

If the healthcare of people doesn't come first, something is seriously wrong with the model

[jimfields33]

7. So Norway has the magic end to this?

Yeah right.

[malaise]

9. Not sure anyone has a magic end

but it is clear that some societies put people first.

[jimfields33]

10. Yes. We do!!!

Why do you think we are canceling everything the next two weeks or more.

[malaise]

18. Four weeks too late

ah well

[jimfields33]

21. And Norway cancelled everything? Hmmmm.

[dewsgirl]

14. ...

[DFW]

8. Latest statistics

Norway's immigrant population is about 12.2% and the immigrant population of the USA is about 14.4%. Not a huge difference.

The USA has thousands of miles of land border with other countries (Canada and Mexico) and thousands more of easily accessible coastline. Norway's land border is almost all with Sweden, and its coast is anything BUT readily accessible.

From conversations with the Norwegians I know (and yes, I understand Norwegian) Norway envies us in any way except that we have Hawaii and they don't.

[jimfields33]

11. Thanks! Glad to see I was correct.

[DFW]

19. I guess that depends on what you mean by a ton.

I wonder how good your Norwegian is to think they are having a "sad." I'd like to see some videos or texts in Norwegian that back that up.

[Aussie105]

4. perhaps

it's because they have government funded universal health care, and America doesn't?

[jimfields33]

15. How funny

We have a great presidential candidate that advocates for universal health care. But for some reason suddenly the country doesn’t want it. Implementation is the way to go apparently. Maybe in 50 years we may get it.

[Aussie105]

6. What is the connection between

a comment about American health services and numbers of immigrants?

[jimfields33]

17. So why are the primaries going against the ultimate goal?????

[jimfields33]

24. What? I am talking about choosing Biden over Bernie

[Democrats Ascendant]

13. ... "in terms of health care."

It's disingenuous to suggest anything more.

Just some downsides (depending on your worldview):
- Tax rate is c. 40%
- High death rate from drug overdoses (means they don't even come close to other EU countries; meaning they got social problems bit time!)
- Among most expense place in the world to get a glass of wine (which is actually healthy!)
- Among the top 5 most expensive places to fill your gas tank despite having oil reserves (not a bad thing), just saying.

One can find utopias everywhere online; it's another matter offline.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. Compared to anywhere in Europe, the US is poorly developed...

in terms of healthcare and transportation infrastructure, yes.

[malaise]

22. That freaking simple

[Aussie105]

20. Not too many countries have a health care system

run for profit at every level and your outcome depends largely on your ability to pay.

[Gothmog]

27. For this thread

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