Finland: Government Collapses Over Universal Health - Care Costs, #Bernie2020 Hardest Hit

Posted: Mar 20th, 2019 - 12:41 pm In Reply to: Why people in Finland are so much happier - sm

Finland has long been touted by American socialists as the socialist Nirvana, where everything is free and everyone is happy, happy, happy. Sadly, fiscal reality hit Finland’s government as it collapsed Friday due to the rising costs of its universal health care.

The warning signs were on the wall last spring when Finland, as Leslie noted, ended its experiment with “universal basic income.”.......

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Why people in Finland are so much happier - sm (Views: 484, 2019-03-20, 12:22 pm)
- Finland: Government Collapses Over Universal Health - Care Costs, #Bernie2020 Hardest Hit
  - How can something free having rising costs? - wink wink (Views: 300, 2019-03-20, 12:43 pm)
- So are they happy but have no jobs. But hey they feel - good about it. (Views: 279, 2019-03-20, 12:47 pm)
- Finland is 98% white. They also have one of the highest - suicide rates in Europe. Is it (Views: 167, 2019-03-20, 3:20 pm)
  - Paging Barbara Lerner Specter.... - nm (Views: 186, 2019-03-20, 3:23 pm)
  - Finland has the same suicide rate as France, both of which - are lower than America's (Views: 192, 2019-03-21, 1:34 pm)
- How do you measure happiness? I don't trust any report - by the UN. (Views: 197, 2019-03-20, 3:22 pm)
- They all also have really relaxed drug laws, and Finland - just overthrew their government. (Views: 171, 2019-03-20, 3:47 pm)
  - Finland did not overthrow their government. - sm (Views: 176, 2019-03-21, 1:05 pm)
  - Their drugs laws are not really relaxed. - Cannabis is illegal. (Views: 165, 2019-03-21, 1:15 pm)