Since President Trump questioned why more people from Norway aren’t immigrating to the United States, it’s instructive to explore why that might be the case. Currently, Norwegians enjoy:
Universal health care coverage through their National Insurance program;
Free college tuition through graduate school, plus government grants and low-cost loans to pay for students’ living expenses;
A pension for all senior citizens, regardless of income, plus a supplemental pension based on lifetime earnings.
As a result of these and other social welfare benefits, Norwegians live longer than Americans; they have an adult obesity rate of only 8.3 percent versus the U.S. at 30.6 percent; their violent crime and murder rates are one-seventh that of the U.S.; and their country’s ranked ninth in the world for its overall health care system, while we’re ranked 23rd.
Any more questions why Norwegians aren’t flocking to the USA?
Dan Murphy
Everett
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