Great discussion! Other interesting things about Denmark: . Welfare and social security represent 11% of the U.S. budget, plus 12.4 percent of all wages up to a max of $113,700. Denmark spends about 50% of its national budget on welfare programs. . Because of the above, there is a mostly even distribution of wealth across the population in Denmark, while the difference between the average and the median net income in the U.S. indicates a significant gap between income of rich and poor in the U.S. . The people in Denmark pretty much were born in Denmark, speak the same language without regional accents, are all the same color and all of similar background and education. . The people in the U.S. originated in almost every country in the world. They speak a variety of languages with regional variations, and represent every color, every background and every type of education. . Denmark is governed based on discussion and consensus. The U.S. is governed by dissension and political combat. . Military spending in the U.S. is about $682 billion, about 4.4% of our Gross domestic product (GDP). Denmark spends about $2.56 Billion, or about 1.43% of its GDP. . The U.S. has the largest economy in the world and is the largest military spender by far. About a third of all the money spent to support military organizations worldwide is spent by the U.S.. The U.S. is an imperialistic nation with military stationed worldwide to protect it's national economic interests. Denmark has the 52nd largest GDP in the world and is 112th in military spending. The European Union had to pass special rules to get Denmark to join, exempting Denmark from military commitments made by the other EU countries.
Studies have shown that "happiness" is inversely proportional to the size gap between the wealthiest and poorest. Denmark has taken strides to minimize the disparities. Maybe happy people bicycle more, not necessarily the other way around? Sent from my iCurmudgeon TM _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
