Bernie Sanders' model America: Denmark

[@mortenplindstrup6386]

Well I'm from Denmark. I can say this about what I just witnessed. Sloppy research, and a less then honest economist though he is very experienced and smart. He is a liberal capitalist and is part of the Adam smith institute. He is not very representative of the danish people.

[@BarrySlisk]

+Morten Plindstrup Nobody said he was.

[@TheRasmusdc]

+Morten Plindstrup he is a known "critic" of Denmark, and that´s okay, this is why we have a MORE balance system than U.S.A. since we accept that there are people on each side of the street.. Capitalists, and Socialists. we´re not perfectly balanced, but better than many.. i saw a video, with more "positiv" danish people, than negative.

[@hannecatton2179]

You should have mentioned for the uninitiated that the Adam Smith Institute is a rather right wing body .

[@CrimsonsDeath12]

åhh takk for at noen sa det, var så jævlig irritert over det, 100% propaganda og det merker man jo

[@thomasrasmussen7493]

Daeron are you norwagen

[@longgone23]

The correct word should be social democracy, not democratic socialism. /Greetings from Sweden

[@chappygrandpappy2450]

That's what Bernie calls it

[@magnusorn7313]

@@chappygrandpappy2450 its what all americans call it, no wait, the conservatives call it socialism, oh wait, and some of them call it. marxism?

[@davisfontanes]

Whatever the hell its called it same ish lol

[@magnusorn7313]

@Supreme Chancellor Palpatine no, its most americans, well a small number of americans actually use the term "social democracy" bless them, but a larger group just calls me Marxist for bringing up our policies as good ideas

[@magnusorn7313]

@Supreme Chancellor Palpatine yes, when did i state that they dont call it that?

[@peterpoulsen4794]

Im from Denmark and i gotta praise you for making a pretty precise video about our Danish system, and showing how we feel about our democratic system. Just a few notes. While the top marginal taxrate is 59% the minimum taxrate is only 42%, so your wage have to be quite good for you to pay the top marginal taxrate. And that economist you was interviewing is known as a very rightwing person here in Denmark. Bernie sanders political plan actually falls very close to the current system we have in most areas of society.

[@erik3423]

+peter poulsen Pay no attention to Clinton's News Network (CNN) it's just an attempt to attack Bernie.

[@whyamimrpink78]

+peter poulsen Yeah, not try doing it with 300 million people. You have to change the culture of 300 million people.

[@tangerinestorm]

+whyamimrpink78 I live in the UK I have a European insurance card, so do 500 million Europeans. I am currently in Austria skiing and if I have to go to hospital it is covered. so your argument doesn't hold true.

[@whyamimrpink78]

+tangerinestorm How does my argument not hold true?

[@BrianErtz]

+whyamimrpink78 because your inference was that universal healthcare and the other social safety net measures that Europeans enjoy would not scale up in America. +tangerinestorm's point demonstrates that despite having more people, Europeans continue to enjoy those social safety net measures and increased standard of living via: 1) a European insurance card, and 2) apparently enough income to have a kickass Austrian skiing experience despite the increased taxes to accommodate social safety net.

[@marcodebrabander5751]

Who is saying that Denmark is only socialism?? It is a sensibel mix between capitalism and socialism. Take the good from both ideologies to benefit the most people and society as a whole. Exactly what Sanders is proposing...

[@fact1376]

+TROLLGUNNER666 THERE'S A PLACE ACROSS THE SEA WHERE YOUR MASTERS (trump, hillary, etc) HAVE SET UP ANOTHER WAR WITH OUR TAXES. GET ON THAT PLANE ASAP AND PROVE YOUR LOYALTY BRO.

[@marcodebrabander5751]

Lol

[@therealtrashman456]

+Marco De Brabander there s no mix. socialism is capitalism but highly regulated and a lil bit more centrally planned.

[@marcodebrabander5751]

yr description is fine with me too. We mean the same

[@marcodebrabander5751]

agree!. A stronger government protects people against monopolies and can create more competition which results in lower pricing. (medicine is a good example) I dont understand the distrust against government. You can always vote them out!Try that with a CEO from a multinational (who has a monopoly)

[@dannythecubemaster]

Saying that you'd rather let people die because they don't have access to healthcare because of lack of economic growth sounds no better than people that were arguing that we should keep slavery or else it might hurt the economy

[@whitexchina]

Who says that? #strawman

[@confusedarmchairphilosopher]

@KARL KFOURY its called responsibility for your fellow citizens

[@confusedarmchairphilosopher]

@KARL KFOURY if you as an individual fails to take that responsibility, it will be forced upon you eventually. Think about it like this. Wouldnt you rather give some of your wealth away by law than being robbed or taken in a revolution and thus finding out how the experience of ACTUAL force against you and your property feels.

[@Wysdomd]

Funny, because those same people who wanted to keep slavery now wants “healthcare for all”

[@confusedarmchairphilosopher]

@KARL KFOURY @KARL KFOURY i understand this perfectly clear. yes, Bezos's wealth is generated, but not by him. You can give that credit to his workers. They are the ones which labor time builds the backbone of his company, without them, he wouldn't have a business. And yet, they receive a fracture of the wealth they produce. Did you know that it would take a low wage amazon worker 8 weeks to earn what Jeff Bezos earns in a second? Amazon workers receive poor wages and unsafe working conditions and have no say over how the wealth they produce is spent. It's not all his Bezos, he didn't create the wealth all by himself. His workers played a part in it as well. They are forced to sell their labor time for a business owner that reaps most of the benefits. Low wages have largely been stagnant since the mid-1940s and yet billionaires are increasing their wealth by 50 trillion dollars over this period. This money would have gone right into the wages of the middle and working-class if the redistribution would have been consistent with the economic growth. Billionaires quite literally took 50 trillion dollars from the working class over the past 8 decades. Billionaires reap most of the wealth while a large majority suffers the consequences of poverty, bad housing, food insecurity, and lack of healthcare.

[@maxlppenthien939]

As a Dane. Go Bernie.

[@fact1376]

+TROLLGUNNER666 THERE'S A PLACE ACROSS THE SEA WHERE YOUR MASTERS (trump, hillary, etc) HAVE SET UP ANOTHER WAR WITH OUR TAXES. GET ON THAT PLANE ASAP AND PROVE YOUR LOYALTY BRO.

[@BarrySlisk]

+Max Loeppenthien (Liquid) As another dane, fuck you Bernie you fucking commie. USA have fought wars to fight people like him!

[@johnbrithahansenrgaard8166]

+BarrySlisk I just lost alot of IQ points reading this comment

[@BarrySlisk]

John Britha Hansen Ørgaard Are you sure you had a lot to begin with? ;)

[@johncorleon4386]

+Max Loeppenthien (Liquid) As a Dane, Go Trump.

[@GhostlyJorg]

Just so people know: That economist CNN was talking to, is substantively to the right of the mainstream economists in Denmark. But that is typical CNN I guess. They can't wait to get extremely biased people and present them as experts on air. Also, as you find out, the minimum wage thing is a stupid point, because we have a de facto minimum wage of $16.3 enforced by the unions. I don't know any thing Bernie Sanders has proposed that would be dismissed by Danish politicians (most of it is law already) - With the possible exception of breaking up the big banks, - but then again we don't have banks nearly as big as US have them in absolute terms. *I* certainly agree that the American megabanks has got to be broken up for the sake of the world economy. And fast

[@mathiasmeyland1464]

Dane here. Maybe try to ask some of the middle class, whom are benefting of our system. And not some who all pay the maximum rate (or are about to).

[@BarrySlisk]

+Mathias Meyland The middle class do not benefit. The ones who benefit is the lower class. You can't really benefit if you are the one paying the bill and supporting others.

[@mathiasmeyland1464]

+BarrySlisk First of all. The lowest a person can earn in Denmark is 686 kr per day. Thats 102,3 dollar a day, 3060 dollars a month, 36720 dollars a year. This is if you havent got a job. These pesons also pay the minimum tax rate of 42%. After tax any danish citizen will earn at least 15422,4 dollars a year. And these are the poorest in the country (not concitering homeless, they have chosen not to benifit of these rights). AND YES the middle class benifits of our system. They dont have to get health insurance, nor take student loans nor fearing loosing their jobs. And maybe the 1% dont benifit of this. But 59% of a multi-billion cooperation. That is nothing comarad to the lower/middleclass.

[@BarrySlisk]

Well I don't have time to teach you logic.

[@mathiasmeyland1464]

+BarrySlisk So the poorest people in your country (usa I assume) make more money. And have healthcare, and free education, and a massive safety net. Thats logic for you.

[@BarrySlisk]

Mathias Meyland I don't know what you are trying to say. PS! I'm from Denmark.

[@christopherscott8266]

Bernie has the right idea

[@Vinus03]

+Christopher Scott you need some of that free education then if you believe that kool aid.

[@hallerd]

+tom k education is already free up to the 12th grade, Bernie simply wants to expand it.

[@Vinus03]

+hallerd true the problem is we do not have the structure to support the jobs at that level. I imagine that the people are guided into specific areas of education and education is less timely. IE In Germany most degrees are two years.

[@saintcruzin3190]

+ARIANNA DEMARKO Trolls....suck....

[@SmashtheCmachine]

+tom k I don't believe that. We know our gov. in America lie and use propaganda, I don't believe that crap.

[@DanishCamp]

Okay CNN. You go all the way to my country, Denmark and then choose to listen to some extreme liberal from the Danish economist who are opposed to taxes and use him as an example of what Danes think about the society and taxes -,- How biased. Fact is 90% of the population of Denmark agrees that the Danish model works and that they wouldn't want to chance it. If president Barrack Obama was living in Denmark he would be a rightist and in the opposition to the socialists. And if the assumption from Lars Christensen was correct, about the taxes hindering growth, then standard of living for all should be much higher in the US than it is in Denmark - fact of the matter is though that this is not the case. Financial growth is steady and stable.

[@BarrySlisk]

+Fortune Finder NOTE: the word liberal means the exact opposite in US. "and use him as an example of what Danes think about the society and taxes" It's good to cover both sides. I know you are used to socialist danish tv.....

[@DanishCamp]

BarrySlisk Hmmmm true, you could say that, but only because all the ideologies aren't represented over there. Yes, it's good to cover both sides, but not when you make it seem that the majority of the Danish population feels the same way as him. TV isn't socialist. Search for some media research and you will soon find that Danish TV is balanced. People will just always feel like the party of which they do not belong, has greater influence on media.

[@alord266]

+Fortune Finder so in your opinion, do you think it's a good thing Bernie is trying to do? With you living in Denmark, is it something that We in the US would actually progress from instead of regress ? Would love to know especially from a Denmark native, and you live it everyday, so you have a better view than any other American that doesn't really understand that way of living.

[@BarrySlisk]

Alex Lord He is clear left-wing, so what do you think he will answer. Make up your own mind.

[@alord266]

+BarrySlisk simply asking a question to someone who lives in that system already. If you lived there, and might so, i'd ask you the same question, because I wonder if it's a well-running system or not. That doesn't mean I don't make up my own mind . Asking questions and critically thinking instead of pulling the trigger on something is what can make or break your decision. Even saying he's a left-wing is an assumption as well, he can be a right-winger or even a moderate all you know, that's assuming "don't make assumptions" .

[@Zighstu]

That economists views really do not reflect the average danes opinion. I'm not sure what leftist parties he thinks would be in favor of less regulation. It's just not true. It's puzzling that CNN would go so much out of their way to find someone who doesn't believe in the danish welfare model or in what Bernie Sanders is doing. Also, nicely done how you cut the editor of Politiken (a leftist newspaper) down, to make it sound as if what he is saying is just a continuation of what the ultra conservative "free market" economist was saying. Next time you're here, why not also try to learn some journalism instead of trying to screw over the American people by giving them biased and dishonest information.

[@at1one]

It seems like a very biased report. Thank you for taking the time to explain from your perspective. 👏🤝👏

[@aidanhunter3687]

Det ville ikke være den første gang 🙄 Amerikansk nyheder er aldrig forkert

[@augustin1999]

$20 an hour at mc Donalds ! u will never see that in the US

[@Begottenzulu]

One USD is worth 6.71 in Denmark so mc Donald's is really is paying them three US dollars.

[@jensespersen5069]

+Begottenzulu No. They get paid 17,7$ + 8% pension + bonus for working at night, saturday and sunday. This is the deal they made with the union: www.3f.dk/fagforening/fag/mcdonalds-medarbejder/mcdonald-og-franchise-ejede-restauranter

[@danielvilliers612]

+Jens Espersen Ohhh don't tell an american about Union, it is soooooooo bad.

[@jensespersen5069]

+Daniel Villiers Yes. "But mommy, TV told me that unions, big government and wealth redistribution was evil?" :-)

[@dipojones]

+Jens Espersen Wow, Republicans will NEVER allow this, and the useless Democrats will cave to Republican domination.

[@Cinemaphile7783]

Bernie Sanders 2016! The hero that America deserves

[@Cinemaphile7783]

***** You need to do a better job of hiding the fact that all of these accounts are you. It makes you seem crazy but hey, maybe you are.

[@BarrySlisk]

+Movie Nerd "The hero that America deserves" Have you been that bad!?

[@Luckyyshot]

+Movie Nerd Bernie Sanders 2016 The hero that America needs*

[@kathyjeanmarie6837]

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[@kathyjeanmarie6837]

Bernie Sanders is a Marxist communist...Not a a socialist...Feel the burn USA..

[@525Lines]

They're probably paying twice the taxes but wouldn't you agree to that in exchange for what you get?

[@bigwill191919]

no

[@fact1376]

+TROLLGUNNER666 THERE'S A PLACE ACROSS THE SEA WHERE YOUR MASTERS (trump, hillary, etc) HAVE SET UP ANOTHER WAR WITH OUR TAXES. GET ON THAT PLANE ASAP AND PROVE YOUR LOYALTY BRO.

[@rakultrondheim]

+525Lines Taxes are very high, but I think most people find it well worth it. Danes are certainly not suffering from paying high taxes.

[@ZolwikAstronautaPL]

They have very progressive tax system; more you earn, higher tax rate you pay (56% is highest).

[@johnedwards3489]

+525Lines People don't equate standard of living either. Wonder why suicide is on the rise? Wonder why so many people are falling to alcoholism? It might have something to do with how terrible our standard of living is. The government in the united states does nothing besides make more money for the rich and bomb countries around the world to create more profits.

[@TheGibber]

American news and politics are popular in Denmark for 2 reasons: 1. Fuck all happens in Denmark 2. Watching/reading American news stories makes us so happy to live in Denmark

[@svennielsen633]

The truth about the "welfare state". Around 1960 the government decided to created the Danish "welfare state" (yes, the one that Bernie Sanders is always referring to): more public services, more public economic support and so on. The result of this policy was, that mothers started to participate on the working market in increasing numbers. It was justified as giving them "equality" with men, because now they got an income. Soon it moved on to a demand, that there should be "equally" many men and women in any sphere of work. Naturally, it never happened. When the women got a massive majority in Academics, the status from such education fell below the floor - and there were almost no men around anymore. They had moved on. But the important consequence was not for the mothers or the women in general but for the kids. Kids now had to be put in institutions or were left by themselves all day long. In both cases they felt deserted (you can not get your voice heard with 30-50 competitors around, so you tend to get narcissistic and make as much noise as possible in order to get attention - or you give up completely. And if there is no adult around you have to adapt to the law of the street). Final result: you got a generation of people without any social empathy for others. From there the road to broken families (single mothers), abortions (890.000 during 50 years in Denmark with 5 million inhabitants, more than 15% of the entire population) alcohol- and drug problems, crime, gang crime, and so on was open. Denmark has HUGE social problems, that you never hear about. About 20% of the entire population lives on state subsidiaries, many of them in personal isolation and most of them in fear and misery. In short: the Danish welfare state turned out to be a nightmare! I am convinced, that if you look at US development, you will find a similar development.

[@shaharmedicina]

Danish citizens get paid HIGH salaries and pay HIGH taxes, thus afford BASIC rights such as healthcare, union at MacDonalds...You know, the things that DON'T exist in the US and Bernie wants to achieve!

[@lukedurkin1254]

You missing the point here, Denmark is highly capitalist society, it can best be described as maximizing capitalism and wealth so that health care and other things are a tiny percentage of their world. Bernie's plan misses this crucial point.

[@PIANOPHUNGUY]

Working at McD's was not supposed to be a living wage. Teenagers living at home were working there. Now migrants work there. If they get $15/hr it would cost too much to eat there. Minimum wage = unemployment.

[@oeckstei]

The big question is would this work in a large multicultural society like the U.S.? Denmark is pretty homogenous and their seems to be a common set of values and understanding between most people. Here in America it doesn’t feel like that when you walk.

[@sindrefrlandeide7071]

You found a super conservative danish economist. Well done. When he says many of Bernies proposals would be opposed in Denmark, maybe it would be an idea to mention them? Such BS...

[@giuliom3564]

He is a fanatic economist That lies on facts. And he cares about business, not people. Those fanatics are very dangerous. But it's so impressive if they are from Scandinavia, that means they totally deny evidence.

[@KofiNateDogg]

Denmark is a small country. The federal government should enable states to be as socialist or as libertarian as they want and let the people vote with their feet.

[@biscuit4658]

Danmark er fucking dejlig

[@TheTopGamer3]

ikr :p

[@garyhost1122]

+pumpkin pie phie Denmark is garbage compared to Sweden and Norway.

[@MrNordicnicklas]

+Kemas Denmark is also the best country to be gay in (with Copenhagen being the best city). We can still do better though, but we are pretty awesome I must admit that.

[@vorpexervorpexer8467]

Wat? World's best business school? LOL, no. Harvard is a lot better than any business school in Denmark.

[@MrNasrudin123]

tbh Harvard is trash compared to hhx in danmark

[@Escalusia]

Okay, but we don't pay half our taxes for this only. Also consider that we have this: - If you become unable to work for an amount of time. You can stay home and still be paid for 100% of the work you'd do. - If you become mentally ill, you can get free doctor visits and you will still get money, even though you aren't even working. But as long you are working towards becoming happy again (like going to the psychologist and all) you will get paid. For doing no work. - If you lose your job. You still get money from the government. You will have to try and get a new job but as long you are trying, you will get paid. - You get money each month if you have kids. More if you have extra. (idk if this is a thing in the US). - When you are pregnant and at home, you are still paid 100% and your time home is longer than in the US. - You're paid during holidays. These are all brilliant things because you never know when you'll need a surgery. You never know if you'll become depressed or worse. You never know if you'll lose your job. Etc and you are basically secured no matter what. Sure, there's still flaws in the system, but you are roughly said, secured in Denmark, no matter what happens.

[@DrewPBalls]

Denmark isn't as diverse as america. Denmark has it easy because the government only has to succumb to 1 or 2 major cultures, whereas in the US the government has to keep EVERY culture in mind or there will be chaos.

[@pablocalderon648]

That's something I had the chance to notice while I was in Denmark for almost 10 moths. Nice you mention it.

[@PnPrailroad]

Don't worry, CNN isn't really news anymore #FeelTheBern

[@spidermonkey8430]

Trump was right #fakenews

[@angelgray701]

Where are my fellow Scandinavians? 🇩🇰🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸

[@prot07ype87]

You forgot Finland. 🇫🇮

[@angelgray701]

@Ramadan Steve True 😎

[@ZiotGaming]

Who’s gonna tell him Denmark has one of the freest markets in the world

I don't know why they keep praising the Danish model. There isn't really that big a difference on most Western European countries. To me, the U.S. is living in the past, not carrying the slightest for each other. In Denmark, poverty is more or less unknown, noone have to be criminal to survive. Is that such a bad thing? And yeah, we have free education, meaning rich and poor can get an education of the highest level. That means the most clever people get the highest education, not the richest ones. And our free education is not only for the Danes, it's for all E.U citicents. In my city, allmost haft the students are from Spain and other European countries. We benefit from that, the way that many of them stays in the country. Clever people! Personally, I believe we pay to much in taxes. We try to help to many, it's to easy not to have to benefit to the society an just live on welfare. But You know what? We voted for this system, all of us and if we don't like it, we can just move to another E.U. country!

[@BarrySlisk]

Yet we have criminals. And look at Sweden!

[@MettePeleikis]

'If you want to see the American dream, for real, go to Denmark' lol, true that. We're privileged, for sure, but it ain't handed to us for free. I love to live in Denmark, but I am seriously embarrassed about out accent... Probably one, if not the least, attractive accent in the world. Haha... Sorry to my fellow Danes.

[@talislyre]

MettePeleikis I think Danish sounds like rain on a metal roof. I think it’s beautiful. :)

[@magnusorn7313]

my partner always says i "sing" my danish because im so bad at sounding danish

[@CelinaYTChannel]

I'm so happy Denmark is getting some more attention :) We're an extremely small country and I think it's true that the U.S should have some more things in common with Denmark. I've lived in Florida (U.S.A) for about 6 years, and I'm from Denmark originally. I think this video is great to show what it's like here. I hope Bernie runs again later on.

[@wade2bosh]

you voted with your feet

[@whitexchina]

The danish prime minister told Bernie to stop calling his country socialist!

[@abctrust6288]

Totally with you Bernie!!! Societies are a reflection of their population and we definitely need Scandinavian socialism because it doesn’t work so well in “other” countries does it? Feel the Bern!!!

[@dwayneaustin6818]

The Danish guy at the end said, "If you want to see the American dream, go to Denmark".

[@PrimoStracciatella]

Why haven't we heard about the Danish dream?

[@autodidactusplaysjrpgs7614]

I would be fine with being taxed at 100% if I maintained a good standard of living.

[@Luckyyshot]

+Autodidactus Communitati Can't say that I don't agree, but that's not really an effective system though. :/

[@rutvijdabro7142]

Then you could work McDonald's and live the life of an engineer wow sounds amazing

[@coletrainatec]

Id rather have freedom

[@coletrainatec]

@rockn roll we are not jailed for speech unlike European countries.

[@natanmadureiro8152]

Autodidactus Plays JRPGs you are the best representation of a Sheep I’ve ever seen you are basically willing to be a slave of The government.

[@littleepidemi]

The tax rate for the awerage dane, is 37-39%. Lars Christensen is one of the few danes who dosen't like the walthcare system in Denmark, but instead want American standards, where everyone is on he's own as long as i can keep more of my money. He's a "me me me" type of person, not a "us us us" type of person.

[@giuliom3564]

Fanatic of wild capitalism like most economists. It's a religion, they don't matter facts.

[@terriej123]

First of all, that is exactly what Bernie Sanders is advocating for - a market economy with a really strong social safety net. And secondly, that is how you pay for a really strong safety net - higher taxes, progressive taxation to be exact, which means the higher your income the more you pay on anything you earn above a certain amount (I.e. $1,000,000). So this video didn’t prove that Bernie was wrong about Denmark at all.

[@sidneyames7911]

No comparison; population of US 328 million. Denmark's is 5.806 .million.

[@islandsfuldkorn]

Why does that matter?

[@s.d.merritt22]

Love the travel montage from "Snatch"

[@geymerageoltmish-toqqiz8078]

I'm Danish myself, and it's cool to see our tiny country get so much recognision ( i hope thats Speeled right) by the US

[@hueyfreeman7010]

it not for free, BUT it's wealth it.

[@BarrySlisk]

+Huey Freeman What?

[@malevolenthydromancer2694]

+Eddie 'JaggSauce' Gluskin He said 'wealth it' as a play on the phonetic similarities of the words 'wealth' and 'worth', he knows that it's not correct usage of the word

[@JamesLRiggs]

"I'm becoming a doctor, but it's free" Hahahahahaha

[@adva501]

Feel the Bern

[@SmashtheCmachine]

+TROLLGUNNER666 Feel the Bern :)

What a hit job. We'll never get the kinds of services in the US that makes Denmark one of the happiest countries on Earth.

[@thediscusser7142]

Well I'm sold I'll just go to my list of Scandinavian countries and pick a random one and that's where I live JK I'm not going anywhere Scandinavia sounds wonderful but America is my home so young people like me need to look to Scandinavia and try to see if we can implement some of their ideas here it won't be easy but it needs to happen and of course these countries aren't perfect no one's saying that but America could definitely learn a thing or two from them

[@MisterSynonym]

I LOVE the "Snatch" reference at the start of this video! Awesome!

[@AhemYoYoYoYo]

The economist you interviewed is seen a little bit of as a nutcase. He was also very selective in what he expounded on and what he 'felt' was less important.

[@BarrySlisk]

+ahemyoyoyo Among communists, probably.

[@AhemYoYoYoYo]

No among the mainstream, and serious people who therefore aren't neoliberal.

[@1969JohnnyM]

The economist banker is taxed at the high rate of around 55% but he still earns a shit load each year and is still a multi millionaire whilst the less well off you are the lower your taxes are, its a progressive tax rate. What is missed out here is that the Danes are consistently rated the happiest people in the world, they don't worry about education or health bills and getting affordable daycare so you can have a family and still work is a bonus. Christenson falls into the camp of greed and selfishness. Personally If I was wealthy I would rather live in a country without homeless everywhere, children living in cars and sick people carrying diseases not being treated, I would rather live in a country were my fellow citizens have a fair standard of living as well.

[@Keriks]

oh remember those socialists we had in 50s 60s and 70s like FDR for example where marginal taxes were as high as 91%... I wonder if people were flipping out over a socialist thing back then....

[@Keriks]

I am rich asshole? lol

[@SynthesisElysium]

+Keriks Actually, they were. Both Roosevelts were accused of being socialists and communists. Despite these accusations, they still went down in history as some of the best presidents the US ever had.

[@Keriks]

god damn commies lol

[@markgrayson6759]

+Keriks wow.. i can't believe you people believe in this 91% tax myth, stop going to Wikipedia. no one really payed 91% it was more like low 50's mid 30's percent. left leaning www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/oct/02/michael-moore/michael-moores-film-capitalism-claims-richest-paid/ right leaning www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-01-02/1950s-tax-fantasy-is-a-republican-nightmare both say they did not pay 91%. this myth that socialist(progressives) push is really sad. whether you like it or not capitalism built america, and the only place where capitalism survives today is technology. socialism is mob rule where if it was up to sen.Sanders he would take all of the wealth of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others because you feel you have the right to what they've earned and what they produced.

[@Keriks]

Mark Grayson 1. You are an idiot. 2. I go by the facts that I looked up. In all official documents highest marginal tax we had was 91%.

[@leifharmsen]

The US needs to achieve a democratic accountable proportional voting system before Americans can have sufficient faith in its government for a Scandinavian style economic system.

[@untellableEpiphany]

Just watched a second time, and it's full of inaccuracies and obfuscation. Why is that? Economist: "Denmark has a lower corporate tax rate than the US". While that may be true on paper, loopholes, deductions, subsidies and tax shelters make the US's *effective* corporate tax rate much, much lower than Denmark's.

[@BarrySlisk]

+Michael Blum Really? I have never heard that before.

[@PeterWW420]

This is not accurate. US has a higher effective tax rate too.

[@skvakagud]

What Americans and some Danish people does not understand. Is that yes we have high taxes, but we also get payed alot more! So.. Look at what you are able to buy, compared to what you pay in tax! That's what it's about, not pure numbers. If I get 50k a year. And pay 50k tax a year. Americans go "whaaat!". Then I can tell them, that's MORE than enough, to own a nice house, a nice car and eat good food. Meanwhile sending my kids to school, gettin free healthcare, decent/good infrastructure etc. etc. Would you rather pay 200$ health insurance, or 150$ more in tax for FREE healthcare for you, your children, your grandmother, your neighbour etc! Think about it!

[@coopsnz1]

can you afford a new car in Denmark

[@steen275]

The taxes are high but they're all for good benifits, for an example, free healthcare, free dental care, full paid education. high paying jobs, in the end you'll benefit from your paid taxes. I moved from America To Denmark because of mixed family. and my life has never been better.

[@BarrySlisk]

Dental is not free in Denmark.

[@steen275]

@@BarrySlisk No its not, its free until you reach the age of 18 then you have to pay yourself. also nothing is free, its paid in our taxes.

[@BarrySlisk]

@@steen275 True. It is free for under 18. "in the end you'll benefit from your paid taxes." I certainly don't. I probably pay 55-60% in taxes (all kinds of taxes not just income). I don't see what I get from the state of comparing value each month.

[@GrandNoble]

All this does is make me want to vote for Bernie Sanders, he was right

[@verstwo2]

wow great hit job! short on facts, big on the opinions of a few.

[@BeefT-Sq]

" If one wishes to uphold individual rghts, one must realize that capitalism is the only system that can uphold and protect them . " -Ayn Rand-

[@sofiemejlvang2180]

Ahhh them danish accent tho

[@nielsnielsen9013]

As a dane, i've always wondered what foreigners thinks of our accent. How does it sound? Horrible, good whatever?

[@NYCTO7]

sexy tbh.

[@ferdinand8357]

Enraged Artist I am an dann and cant really see the big difference!xD

[@MettePeleikis]

Are you serious? Lol, I always thought our accent was pretty unattractive. :-D

[@nielsnielsen9013]

MettePeleikis Me as well, sounds like you've a large object down your throat, blocking certain pronunciations and sounds.

[@dylanyespersen]

Hi from Spain - When they talk about Denmark or any other nordic nation, they tend to be focused in how outstanding these societies are (and I'm sure they may be better than many others when you compare prosperity indexes) but if you want to know the dark side of living in any of these societies you won't find many information apart from "bad weather" or "new immigration" or "high taxes / high costs of living" or similar well-known subjects. I'm curious to read some original cons of living in Denmark, Sweden, Noway, Finland or Iceland. Cheers, Anton

[@coopsnz1]

Expensive cars 2018 m3 pure is $160,000 usd

[@Iukereigns3460]

Imagine modeling a superpower after a small European country significantly smaller and populated? Crazy Bernie

[@islandsfuldkorn]

What is the trouble in modelling after Denmark?

[@JCSmith717]

"The individual is freer than almost any other society because the government is securing the social contract so comprehensively." THIS IS THE GOAL. MORE POLICY THAT'S GOOD FOR SOCIETY, LESS INVOLVEMENT IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES

[@julie4868]

most danes aren't even socialists...

[@juhl6653]

ano I know none...

[@ferdinand8357]

ano My ideology is close to Socialism!:P So if I could pick between Socialism and Capitalism. Then 100 % Socialism!

[@PrimoStracciatella]

"Vote for Bernie if you want cheap burgers!" That'll resonate with lots of Murricans.

[@nittyjoi-339]

The 80 year old white socialist grandpa needs to be put in a retirement home. 2 *NOBODY* ever says "muricans"

[@HunkMine]

though in America we have a lot of large cooperations that could pay more taxes

[@Smok33_]

Also MANY public corporation would rather use their profits to BUYBACK Billions if not HUNDREDS of Millions of dollars in company stock to be given later to the executives as bonuses OFF the labor of the lower tier worker. What a RIGGED system Wall street and corporate America has setup.

[@BarrySlisk]

+HunkMine The cooperate tax is lower here in Denmark... :)

[@PIANOPHUNGUY]

Don't you mean corporate and not cooperate.

[@jwandhistools]

Corp taxes are rolled into the price of goods. You pay them. Careful what you wish for.

[@NatralSelection]

Did you hear him people? The Danish guy said it's NOT for free. That is the only point I'm making here.

[@ptegegn1]

+NatralSelection no one thinks it is for free. but for poor people it is worth it because they will be paying way less taxes than the rich so it is kind of free for them. which is morally right. in my opinion as a leftist.

[@The9500hj]

+NatralSelection The Danes knows it's not free, they know when the get a "free" education they pay it off for the rest of for the rest of our life. But instead of having a huge depth over your head, you pay a higher percentage of the income you get, when you have a income. The same goes for healthcare, you pay a high amount even when you are not sick, and even if you never get sick. But you know that you won't have to leave your home if you do become sick. it's all a priority, the question is what is the outcome? Denmark is better off if you look at national depth compared to GDP, and we are happier, more free and we have a higher social mobility. Everything comes at a cost, you can't say that something is right or wrong. You can only consider the outcomes.

[@isabellalassen8391]

Like hvis du er fra Danmark :)

[@marko.rankovic]

I would prefer the UK system as we have arguably the best balance between socialism and capitalism. I have lived in Norway for seven years and although emergency healthcare is free, that does not apply to appointments with doctors and psychologists, in this case you might as well stay in the U.S. Here in the UK on the other hand the healthcare system is completely free which includes not only doctors, but also dentists and psychologists. I think that really Bernie wants to follow the UK system. Here in the UK we have to pay for college tuition as opposed to the Scandinavian countries, however we get a student loan which covers all the expenses so that after college we do not get forced to pay it back until we have an income high enough to do so. This is good because I don't think it's fair that other people are paying for you to get a better job than them in the future, at the same time you don't have to stress about repaying the debt.

[@tomrasmussen4461]

On the other side you could say that if people have been geting a good education and then get a good (well payed) job. Then they automaticly pays back anyhow. The more you earn, the more you pay in tax, most people that has been given a long education also gets to meke pretty good money at some point... The danish or scandinavian system isent perfect, but defently better than in the UK. At least i thinks so, and do beliave that facts are backing me up in that opinion...

[@marko.rankovic]

Tom Rasmussen Well if you have high taxes then good luck with living a rich life, we only have to pay back our loan and that's it. We don't pay for other people's higher education, because why the hell would you want somebody to get something you were not capable of getting forcing you to do a simple job.

[@mrkjsmooth16]

Denmark is an ethno nation state. they don't have factional dynamic that exists in the united states. to implement in the united states would cause massive class, ethnic and racial strife due to the real, unperceived fact other groups will benefit act the expense of others.

[@mrkjsmooth16]

thats what i said

[@nathansmith3244]

+mrkjsmooth16 As well your essentially saying it would be hard. So were Americans.. are we too lazy and stupid to make it work? Everyone else can but it's just too hard for us.

[@vulpesinculta3238]

+Roshiyu It's everyone's fault and no one's fault. A diverse country cannot have a welfare state, because the groups who cough up most of the taxes will resent the groups who receive the most welfare.

[@Roshiyu]

Vulpes Inculta Once more, Canada has a more diverse nation then the USA. Yet we have social systems in place. Please point out why a less diverse country such as yours can't do this?

[@vulpesinculta3238]

Roshiyu The United States is 63.7% Non-Hispanic White, 12.2% Black, 4.7% Asian, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 1.9% two or more races and 16.3% Hispanic or Latino. Canada is 76.7% Non-Hispanic White, 14.2% Asian, 4.3% Aboriginal/First Nations, 2.9% Black, 1.2% Latin American, 0.5% multiracial and 0.3% other. The United States is more diverse than Canada. I will also point out that I am not American but Dutch, and born in a part of the country that in November 2015 became more than fifty percent foreign (Rotterdam).

[@danielevans1894]

I go to Copenhagen at least once a year. Love the place.

[@americanIDOLfan11111]

Denmark is almost 100% White... and 90% of Denmark is made up of people of actual Danish descent... so of course it works there. And it's hilarious that people think this system would work in the USA... we already have a similar system here, but not on as big of a scale, and even THAT isn't working... so what's going to happen when all the worker bees pay EVEN MORE taxes to take care of all the people not paying taxes? If you think the USA has an illegal immigration problem now, watch what happens if you go to a ''Denmark system''. I'm sure the people in Denmark are pretty pissed that they have to work all day to take care of the Syrian Refugees. I might even pretend to be a refugee and go to Denmark and live off the tax payers.

[@Luckyyshot]

+Ana Castellano It quite amusing seeing people like you think you know how the Danish welfare state works. Oh well, I welcome you to try and 'use' the Danish system though. :) PS. I love paying taxes, and when I'm done with my masters in computer science, I'll be even more happy to know that I alone will be making sure many of my fellow country men, will live happy and healthy lives because of it. :)

[@americanIDOLfan11111]

Luckyshot ... Yeah, it works in your country... but try that here in the USA.. you'll have a computer science degree, wont be able to get a job, and if you do, you'll be paying for a bunch of people that don't want to work.

[@Luckyyshot]

Ana Castellano Computer science degree will most likely easily get you a job, as there's so few people taking it, and therefore a big need for people with it. "... you'll be paying for a bunch of people that don't want to work." Here in Denmark the people who have a hard time to find a job (or the people who don't 'want' to work) kind of get thrown into a 'job' by the government where if you don't meet up one day without a reasonable reason, then you don't get money from that day. This way the people who don't wanna work either work, or they don't eat (it's a little like community service you get sentenced to in the US, only it's not criminals doing it).

[@americanIDOLfan11111]

Luckyshot .. Yeah, it's not like that here in the USA.... if you don't work here, you get free food, free cash assistance, free house, free electricity, free cell phone, and free everything else.

[@Luckyyshot]

Ana Castellano Have you tried it before?

[@pepetrevinoglz]

„In Denmark there is no minimum wage... BUT because of Union negotiations, people who work in McDonald‘s make 20$ an hour...“ so THERE IS a minimum wage after all.

[@kaffekaffekaffe5225]

Sanders is a wise man. Denmark is great 👍

[@heine0085]

I'm Danish DK - the biggest thread for the Danmark is the open boarders and what comes from that. Criminals and low paid workers from east European countries and lux-refugees that arriving and the empties the state account dry and don't leave Denmark again. Denmark is bleeding right now and the rest of the world is focused on what they see and not where the problem really lies. Are Denmark an happy place? We have our arms (and hopes) op in the wind, while we are waiting for the rollercoaster to crash in the ground... But the tax fee works 100%

[@vibekecarstensen1331]

Denmark...a nation voted the happiest country on Earth many times

[@Belfry_pat]

Wait, are you telling me they pay 20 an hour and burgers are cheaper?! But isnt that the opposite of what McDonalds CEO says?

[@LK-pc4sq]

Ohh hell, even 45% on the super rich would lift this country middle and poor out of poverty.

[@Vic2point0]

Scandinavian countries aren't socialist (remember, the prime minister of Denmark had to correct Bernie on this). They have no minimum wage laws, until Trump came along they had lower corporate income tax rates, they have a less progressive tax code (e.g., higher taxes overall, not just for "the very wealthy" - at about $50,000 you're paying at least 50% in taxes), a 25% VAT tax on goods which hits the poor harder than the rich, no financial transaction fees like the ones Bernie proposes, no wealth taxes (especially since it failed in Sweden), no UBI (especially since it failed in Finland), no estate taxes. In other words, they're not down with Bernie's ideas of punishing the successful because they know these are the ones creating wealth. Not just for themselves, but for the country. Also, are there are any Scandinavian politicians who've gone from zero to 100 million on a government salary? I can't find one. But we have plenty of examples in the U.S... and Venezuela...

[@magnusorn7313]

its a translation thing, americans call everything thats not ancap for marist we are a social democracy, it would be nice if people started learning it so people can use the correct term form now on

[@Vic2point0]

@@magnusorn7313 I don't know how much of it is due to ignorance, and how much is intentionally misleading people. Regardless of what we call it, it's clear that Scandinavia does *not* generally do things the way Bernie wants to do them in the U.S. But he will never admit that because his #1 priority is to make government more powerful.

[@percivalsweetwater9992]

Higher employment rate than US. Colleges affordable. Health great. Let’s do it.

[@patrickpazouki5953]

Denmark is not socialist country they created balance is working very well

[@coopsnz1]

It's not only Denmark works

[@bryanzhang3289]

Their English are so good!

[@grege5074]

yup they really did nailed it

[@lukedurkin1254]

The best way to describe the Danish economic model is: maximize capitalism and become an extremely rich country so that things like health care and free college are a tiny percentage of your world. This is opposed to democratic socialism where economic growth is constricted.

[@shawnmcbride6811]

If you're worried about a potential tax increase under a Sander's administration, educate yourself. It's called a marginal tax rate for a reason, do research and learn for yourself what it means for you, and rely less on the media for your info.

[@TheDoomWizard]

hell yeah I'm moving there. 29 male in america with no kids is a terribly dismal time in current times

[@eddy41617]

$20/hr in McDonald's and pay cheaper Big Mac than US. Same thing in Australia. I'm being ripped off.

[@TestarossaF110]

Not be Denmark but be more like Denmark... is what he says. Which the great US could obviously make work and perfect that system so that everyone in the end makes more money.

[@jacobs3671]

The way I see it, it’s all about a fair deal and fair trade... They’re unions pay McDonald’s workers 20 an hr but no minimum wage... Makes sense. Unions are the capitalistic way for the worker to gain leverage in a negotiation. Y

[@magnusorn7313]

it would be nice if america didnt suppress unions

[@xyphoon5013]

@@magnusorn7313 I wonder how much time the US will take to catch up to the last century or so of European progress

[@magnusorn7313]

@@xyphoon5013 the US will crumble under the last throws of fury that lash out from its dying capitalism as it decays into fascism yet again in the pathetic attempt to extend the life of the blood sucking monster of exploitation only before the people rise up and start a new age of cooperation setting the scene for the next stage of mankind where we become released from the shackles of our own design only to fight against the very laws of nature that oppress us, spreading through the galaxy and discovering the true foundations of physics and its limitations

[@RGNSS-dp8st]

Bravo CNN, great clip. The McDonald's comparison is always a useful one.

[@RGNSS-dp8st]

+John Howard In relation to my original comment, I didn't miss anything. You would apear to be attempting to make a point. Go for it.

[@zacharypeavy7801]

That Snatch reference was class lmao

[@povelvieregg165]

Some thing about Nordic countries is hard to parse for an American audience. E.g. some economic policies are much more liberal than the US, e.g. the lack of a minimum wage. But that doesn't really mean the government doesn't care about minimum wage, it is just that Nordic countries decided to solve the problem of maintaining a high minimum wage in an entirely different way. The Nordic way is to pass laws and regulations which make strong labour unions. Thus the government has left it to unions to negotiate minimum wages. This is considered more flexible as it allows different minimum wages for different industries and it allows the wages to increase or stay moderate when needed according to economic development rather than waiting for congress to pass some law on minimum wage. This strategy however is not an option in the US, because unionization rate is very low and unions are very weak in the US. So Bernie Sanders pushing higher minimum wage is really just band aid, because what the US really needs to is rebuild its unions. I think what went from in the US with unions is four things: 1) The union system was made adversarial rather than cooperative as in Nordic countries and Germany. Unions in Germanic countries are usually on company boards and plan the company future together with the company. They have thus a lot more power but the system is also designed to encourage cooperation. 2) The US has too many anti-union laws or rather don't really enforce the laws they have making it easy for companies to destroy unions. 3) Not making union membership a choice was a BIG mistake. It made the attitudes towards unions negative. In Nordic countries union membership has always been a free choice but to help unions the law requires companies to make tariff agreements with unions once they reach a certain percentage of the workforce. That means unions don't need to make everybody a member to get some influence. 4) The mob influence. The mob seems to have both corrupted unions and destroyed them by being hired to murder and intimidate union bosses. Thankfully we never had such brutal history in Nordic countries.

[@craigsparky2027]

Comparing America to Denmark is just ridiculous. Denmark is the size of 1 big American city and they basically just take care of themselves. Americas system makes it possible for us to give aid to most of the world.

[@myphonyaccount]

You don't need an education to enter a pie eating contest.

[@TruthHurts2u]

Bernie never said the US should be like Denmark or Sweden. He said that America does some things good and some things bad and we should be more willing to look to other countries, countries like Denmark and Sweden, for ideas on how we can improve America.

[@sprinkles1101]

I think we should look within. Before socialist policies were enacted, The United States was #1 in health care, per capita income, military might, standard of living.

[@TheLuckyShepherd]

Funny that the Denmark PM came out and said "we are not socialist we are a market based economy" after the whole Bernie 2016 political campaign using Denmark as socialist propaganda.

[@vitaeschola]

Lucky S Bernie Sanders never said that Denmark was a socialist nation, nor did he say that he wanted a full socialist society. What he did say was that _we_ should look to places like Denmark for inspiration on how to do functional health care and education system... the rest is just semantics. That being said, there is a lot of misinformation on the Scandinavian countries as being socialist utopias. But that is not Bernies fault.

[@TheLuckyShepherd]

Væringjar. He's a hypocrite, he has THREE houses but complains about people being too rich. Hes also a socialist who's just too cowardly to admit it, so he says he's a Democratic socialist. Same thing, you want a socialist society but you want to get there democratically instead of thru tyranny and a dictatorship, wow whoohoo... BUT, he still wants a socialist society. Like Anderson said, he had his honeymoon in the Soviet Union!!! Lol Wake up! And all his plans for "free" stuff have been dismantled by economists. He obviously isn't a mathematical physicist.

[@vitaeschola]

Lucky S all he is doing is pointing to other countries that has other models for education and healthcare implemented, all within open free market economies. Don’t just throw the word _socialist_ around, we have no idea what you mean when you say that. It sounds like you think it’s soviet style communism he wants to implement. Look at the specifics, and let’s talk about that... and so what if he has three houses, if anything that makes it more admirable that he wants to fight for the less privileged (which in the case of the US seems to include a big part of the middle class). It’s a lot easier to just fight for the wealthy since they’re paying a lot for that representation.

[@montypython4ever]

Denmark is not a socialist contry...and we are sick and tired of beeing called socialist. We are a Market econemy. And do to our small sice have welfare benifits.

[@fact1376]

I'd like to see CNN do a piece on the cost of "security": In the Libya operation to enforce a no-fly zone, the Navy so far has launched 161 Tomahawk cruise missiles that, according to a senior U.S. Navy official, cost between $1.4 million and $1.5 million apiece

[@tstcikhthys]

Not his vision of America, but just the US. There are other parts of America that Bernie likes already, like Canada (or really any other country with universal healthcare).

[@unifieddynasty]

1:33 "Top marginal tax is 59% of your income" Not sure if it was deliberate or a mistranslation, but that statement seems like fearmongering, especially the usage of "your". Explain it in simpler terms for non-finance people. Simply state that only the richest people pay 59% tax on the money they make over ~$250k. This most likely doesn't negatively affect "you". This most likely benefits you because rich people are paying for your services.

[@MaartenvanRossemLezingen]

I'm from Holland which is more right wing than Denmark but I can guess that they are mostly positive towards Bernie Sanders. What Bernie is saying is basically "We want to be like Denmark." I don't know how Danish people talk about America but here in Holland you always here "They should be more like us" (with health care and such) so if they also do that in Denmark and then a prominent American politician with a real shot of winning the white house comes out and says: "We should be more like Denmark." I'm thinking they will be largely positive towards Bernie. Apart from the more right wing people of course, which believe it or not, Europe also has.

[@MaartenvanRossemLezingen]

Why are you guys even assuming I was planning to go to the US? I mean I'd love to visit the Grand Canyon and LA or something but how is that in any way related to my comment?

[@BarrySlisk]

+Maarten van Rossem Lezingen In Denmark most people use USA as scare tactics. "So you want us to become like USA, huh !?!??"

[@petergrammortensen1884]

As a Dane I just want to point out that calling Lars Christensen an economist as his only title would be equivalent to calling Jamie Dimon an economist without explaining anything else.... Just saying.

[@ccloudleaf]

I hear NO SPEAK about the importance of the issues of billionaires and major corporations getting massive tax breaks and stashing their money in the cayman islands!

[@erik3423]

Local High School reporter: "How do you feel about handing over half of your paycheck to the government?" "Economist": "Quite furious" "Economist" a couple seconds before that line: "top marginal tax in Denmark is 59%" First of all I doubt this "economist" is in the top bracket, and secondly I guess this "economist" doesn't know the difference between marginal and a flat tax rate if he thinks half of his income is being taken away. And lastly Clintons News Network do a better job of informing your so called journalists that are fresh out of high school.

[@BarrySlisk]

2:49 "There is this idea that we are a heavily regulated society" Probably because we are. We can't even build a carport on our own land without having to ask permission from the state.