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Flatulo

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4. The Danes somehow manage to do it. Higher education is available to anyone with the aptitude,
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 07:31 AM
Jan 2013

at no cost. Their population is super educated, tech-savvy and they are crafty business people. They also have a strong social safety net, with free day care for moms who want to work or achieve higher education goals.

And they manage to do this with a market economy and keep unemployment low. They do have high tax rates, but people don't have to worry about dying from a bad tooth and are set free to achieve.

They also consistently poll as the happiest people in the world.

Whenever people start discussing what kind of society we want to be, I say Why reinvent the wheel? The Danes have figured it out.

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