Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Danish Prime Minister says Greenland's fate is only for its people to decide" video.

  1. Nah, the Greenlanders would vote Scandinavian welfare state time and time again. Greenland is not economically self-sufficient. Both US statehood and independence would mean a drop in living standards.
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  2. And if the Greenlanders vote 'NO', will you start with the 'Stop the Steal' stuff?
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  3.  @socomxx  Greenlanders are EU citizens as it is, so US citizenship doesn't have quite the attraction that you think it does.
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  4.  @lindaselander9602  Sure, America has the best healthcare money can buy. Lots of money, that is.
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  5. Let's see, we have 52.7 out of every 1,000 of our citizens (including yours truly) serving actively or in the reserves. The equivalent figure for the USA is a modest 6.3. As to footing defence bills, as I see it, the USA spends 1.75% of its GDP on NATO, whereas our NATO spending is 2.4% -- and would be higher still if we paid our national servicemen (and -women) proper wages.
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  6.  @Andrewmylife  The balance would be negative with the USA.
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  7. Greenland is not in the EU. We don't even pretend to decide anything on the Greenlanders' behalf.
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  8.  @XaviersAlternate  I don't see investors making a beeline for Greenland, no matter whether it flies a Danish or a US flag.
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  9. If the US were to keep Greenland's current Scandi-style welfare system in place, I could envision a great many Americans moving there, just because of it. A green light indeed.
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  10.  @SauronOfMiddleEarth  Why-oh-why would it be a challenge for the Greenlanders to stage a referendum? They hold elections all the time. Are you actually suggesting that the USA will follow in Russia's footsteps and break the UN Charter by annexing foreign lands? Civilisation is a very thin veneer!
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  11.  @IanAnthony-IAm  Any Canadian also knows that Canada's healthcare system is adversely affected by the US healthcare system -- if you can call it that -- which drains Canada of healthcare talent and drives up cost. In Europe, we have both universal and private healthcare and our healthcare providers typically serve both markets. Competition drives cost down and quality up. And we have no US next door to ruin it for us.
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