Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Bernie Sanders: U.S. Should Be More Like Scandinavia" video.

Those countries have around 5 million people a piece, it is easy to have a government that works for people with such a low population. This is why the founding fathers wanted state rights, it created more local government. We have around 30 states that have a larger population than those countries. Comparing the US to those countries is being radical. Despite population lets look at some other differences. Denmark, no min. wage. and mandatory military service. Finland has mandatory military service. You don't think that plays a role? Iceland has a population then almost all of our cities and is an island. It doesn't deal with any problems. I little suggestion to people, the second someone tries to compare us to other countries, tune the out. That person fails to realize how different we are from other countries and how different other countries are from each other. Sanders is going to lose on that position. I hope he wins the primary, watching him get stump in the general election will be funny.
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Heads Tails Population has a lot to do with it. The larger government has to cover the less representation the people have. That is why the founding fathers established state rights. Think about how many representatives you can vote for at the federal level. Now compare that to the percent of representatives you can vote for at the state level, and then local. I never voted for Bernie Sanders and I live no the other side of the country from him, why should he have a say in any policy that effects my life? This is why there is a push for the State of Jefferson, NoCal doesn't like how LA is sucking the state dry and they can't do anything about it. Consider how the US has the largest diversity in the world compared to other countries. Hop on a plane in Oslo and in 2 hours you are in London. Now hop on a plane in Minneapolis and in 2 hours you in Dallas. Same country but in a different culture and society. You can't compare the US to any other countries because we are way too different. That million you pull out means nothing. A million compared to what? At what cost? You are stating a number that means nothing as of right now.
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***** Looking at Germany's university system is flawed. First, the US have arguably the best university system in the world. The way we do things is unique and works well. There is a reason why we have so many foreigners come to the US for college. In Germany only the best go to college, and living as a student is expensive so while college is free living isn't. The same goes for other countries. Cost of living is a burden on students where in the US it isn't, especially grad. students. That is why foreigners come to the US. We have, arguably, the best system in the world. On universal healthcare, you are again comparing apples and oranges here. S. Korea has mandatory military service. Japan was destroyed after WWII and has developed a culture of hard working citizens where they literally work themselves to death. We can't compare ourselves to other countries. We are completely different in terms of society, history and pure size.
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***** In all you can't compare one country to another. Just because something supposedly works in one country doesn't mean it will work in the US. Look at the University system in the US. It is arguably the best. In the US you have the option of cheap liberal art college, JuCo college, Community colleges and so on. We have a large portion of students who are athletes who wouldn't receive a college education if it weren't for athletics. One of the biggest advantages the US has in their university is the campus setting. I creates a more personal connection between professors and students and students to students. You don't get that very much in colleges in other countries. Yes it may be "free" but it isn't great. In the US a reason for the high tuition is college loans. You are increasing consumption without increasing the amount of services available. If you were to make college "free" in the US you will ruin it's quality to where it won't be worth it. Also, the term "living wage" doesn't mean anything. And if you want to make a comparison Germany has a higher cost of living than the US and is not as productive. They are not doing that great. Not to mention it has the third of the population than the US. On healthcare. The US already has a lot of federal healthcare programs that are losing money. A reason why for high cost is because the government gives tax breaks to employers who offer insurance. The insurance company limits competition between buyers and sellers, much like with the loan situation in college. There is a 3rd party involved in the negotiation. So with that the seller can raise their prices and the buyer isn't paying much because the 3rd party picks up the tab. We see this in other countries with lesser quality of care and longer wait time. They don't pay in cash, they pay that way. But sticking to the US it will make the situation worse if we went socialized healthcare because we simply don't have enough resources. LASIK surgery is elective care not covered by insurance and has seen the price drop due to competition between buyers and sellers. All those statistics you see that make it seem other countries have better healthcare is deceptive. As I said in the beginning and will continue to do so you can't compare the US to other countries, we are too different. Saying that countries do better than the US in X, Y and Z simply because of A is completely wrong. B, C, D, E...... are involved as well. Take life expectancy for example. The US is at 79.8, Canada for example is at 82.5, a difference of only 2.7 years. The average for the world is 71 years with a standard deviation of 9.4 years. That 2.7 years is called noise in statistics. The same holds true for every other stat. With a population of over 300 million people you are going to have more noise. You can't make a comparison between one country to another. And that 1 million on 20 years doesn't mean anything. You are throwing out a number without comparing it to something.
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dzarko55 Exactly, that is why saying universities are free is deceptive. That is why the US gets more foreigners coming to the states for college. I asked one of my friends that the other day and he said that the reason why he came to the US for college because it was cheaper.
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