@Frank Apisa,
Quote:Why are there no politicians promising to create more leisure time...and less work or fewer hours of work...in order for people to make enough to allow a family to live a reasonably comfortable, enjoyable life?
Trump pushed that "no taxes on overtime pay" measure when it really should have been "no mandatory overtime hours". If a company can't function with a its workers putting in a 40 hour week, it should hire more workers, thereby creating jobs for the unemployed and respecting people's right to enjoy leisure time,
@Frank Apisa,
Quote:Unfortunately, it would be political suicide.
Understood. But voting to cut federal benefits and programs is equally untenable. We need independent commissions, one to fund Social Security and another to overhaul the tax system. (This is how we got around the political opposition to military base closures.)
The US appears to be increasingly targeting Denmark:
first they want to take Greenland away from them,
and then the United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark.
I still can't think of anything to say about Greenland; it still leaves me speechless.
But this vaccination schedule, reduce the number of immunizations required for American children to 10 from 17 ... ...
Denmark's population is around 6 million people, with recent estimates placing it slightly above that mark, around 6.01 to 6.02 million as of late 2025.
Denmark has universal health care; that means Danes can get treated more easily for diseases and often seek medical help earlier. Its people do not pay for most doctors’ appointments.
So they've looked at how many children get sick, how many are hospitalized, how many die, and then they calculate the cost of vaccination versus the cost of illness.
A few more ideas focused on Denmark:
free education including university, universal healthcare, subsidized childcare, strong safety nets, short work days, long period of sick pay, more than a month holidays, low corruption, less income inequality ...
