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Lower taxes and privatization? In Scandinavia? The hallmark location used by social progressives to explain how great it could be here?
Now, the article linked below is from the NY Times, so it tries real hard to focus on another issue; the massacre 2 years ago. But even the Times had to at least state the portion I quote below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/world/europe/norway-elects-a-conservative-as-its-premier.html?_r=0
What does this say about the progressive movement in Scandinavia? Or anywhere for that matter, in these economic times?
Now, the article linked below is from the NY Times, so it tries real hard to focus on another issue; the massacre 2 years ago. But even the Times had to at least state the portion I quote below:
The campaign had been centered largely on economic issues, like extending already generous welfare payments (Labor) versus cutting taxes and privatizing hospitals (Conservatives). But the massacre on the island of Utoya, where Anders Behring Breivik attacked youth members of the Labor Party on July 22, 2011, was never far from the surface.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/world/europe/norway-elects-a-conservative-as-its-premier.html?_r=0
What does this say about the progressive movement in Scandinavia? Or anywhere for that matter, in these economic times?