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Germany got significant help from the US; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan Taxes are maxed at 57% for in

Germany got significant help from the US; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan Taxes are maxed at 57% for income above $70000/year. It is around 40% for income less than $70000. The initial around $10000 are not taxed. You'll never get to 65%. A huge amount of people living on welfare is not by itself a bad thing. It is better than having the running around in the streets looting to survive. Both the University of Copenhagen and of Århus are on the world top 100 list. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2012 http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-uni... . I don't know why you think grades are given randomly or politically, or why you are missing competition. Cost of living in Denmark is lower than e.g. Norway... It is also not necessarily a bad thing. Salaries are also higher. Danish is the official language. I suspect you'll have as much difficulty finding a job in Germany where you don't have to speak German, or in France w/o French. With that said, it does sound like you had some bad experiences in Denmark.

kfk 13y ago
I am not looking at the overall tax burden, I am looking at the margin. If 1000 of salary increase brings you 350, the incentive of being "ambitious" is drastically reduced. I agree with you on universities, but they do not foster, in my opinion, healthy ambition and innovation. Danish students know they will have a job and a good income no matter what and that's not helping growth. On top of that, you also have fake ones like Via which I still wonder what they are doing exactly. Local language requirements are a fast way to see how a country/region is open to foreigners. Denmark is not. Will it be? I do not know. Of course, you get asked German in Germany too, but here they do not have 94% of the population speaking very good English. With that said, my experience in Denmark was great! I am just tired of this glorification of Nordic countries just to justify broken spending oriented public policies (look where did they bring us...).
- joakleaf 13y ago
  > I am not looking at the overall tax burden, I am looking at the margin. It is still 57% not 65%. But also still too high in my opinion. > If 1000 of salary increase brings you 350, the incentive of being "ambitious" is drastically reduced. Likely true and the topic of an ongoing discussion in Danish politics. > Local language requirements are a fast way to see how a country/region is open to foreigners. Denmark is not. Will it be? I do not know. Of course, you get asked German in Germany too, but here they do not have 94% of the population speaking very good English. I am not sure I understand you. Should Denmark have more English speaking jobs than Germany, because Danes are better at English than Germans (or is it the other way around?)? That aside, I know many bilingual workplaces in Denmark, and I think the number is growing. > I am just tired of this glorification of Nordic countries Nordic countries are expensive to run and are glorified for their welfare system. Other countries are glorified in the media for low taxes, growth, culture, food, environmental friendliness, etc. Something is always better somewhere else...

kfk 13y ago

I am not looking at the overall tax burden, I am looking at the margin. If 1000 of salary increase brings you 350, the incentive of being "ambitious" is drastically reduced. I agree with you on universities, but they do not foster, in my opinion, healthy ambition and innovation. Danish students know they will have a job and a good income no matter what and that's not helping growth. On top of that, you also have fake ones like Via which I still wonder what they are doing exactly. Local language requirements are a fast way to see how a country/region is open to foreigners. Denmark is not. Will it be? I do not know. Of course, you get asked German in Germany too, but here they do not have 94% of the population speaking very good English. With that said, my experience in Denmark was great! I am just tired of this glorification of Nordic countries just to justify broken spending oriented public policies (look where did they bring us...).

joakleaf 13y ago
> I am not looking at the overall tax burden, I am looking at the margin. It is still 57% not 65%. But also still too high in my opinion. > If 1000 of salary increase brings you 350, the incentive of being "ambitious" is drastically reduced. Likely true and the topic of an ongoing discussion in Danish politics. > Local language requirements are a fast way to see how a country/region is open to foreigners. Denmark is not. Will it be? I do not know. Of course, you get asked German in Germany too, but here they do not have 94% of the population speaking very good English. I am not sure I understand you. Should Denmark have more English speaking jobs than Germany, because Danes are better at English than Germans (or is it the other way around?)? That aside, I know many bilingual workplaces in Denmark, and I think the number is growing. > I am just tired of this glorification of Nordic countries Nordic countries are expensive to run and are glorified for their welfare system. Other countries are glorified in the media for low taxes, growth, culture, food, environmental friendliness, etc. Something is always better somewhere else...