Well now, Let's send all our illegal immigrants to Denmark....

Sounds a lot like Congress. Low expectations; wake up each day and grab a bundle of cash (see Jefferson to learn about specific techniques); don't accomplish anything; big pensions; universal health care. The list goes on...

MM...

Just waiting for your first comment here...

I truly am giggling out loud..and don't act like you don't know what I mean...

What if...Their system fails? Their government goes bankrupt? Then what? They'll starve because they rely on the government for survival. What's the suicide rate there? #2 in the world among highest GNP nations (as of 1997)...almost twice that of the U.S....they don't seem so happy to me. Low aspirations mean no real reason to live for some people.

"Yeah, right! Who's the only one here that knows illegal ninja moves from the government?!" --Napoleon Dynamite

Does she bang her head against the wall just because it feels so good when she quits?

Denmark national anthem: Don't Worry, Be Happy.

Denmark motto: Mediocrity is a under-rated virtue.

Runnerup motto:  Well, somebody has to finish last.

Famous Denmark speech: "Ask NOT what your country can do for you, ask NOT what you can do for your country, go home, and take a nap... be happy.

What's with all this bizarre Denmark hatred? 

The country of Denmark should write a book, "Better Living Through Avoidance of Life."

How do the Danes even find a reason to get up every morning? Happy? More like resigned. How sad. I've found that the people I know who depend on the government for their "happiness" are mostly depressed and cranky. Having no freedom or control over even the most basic aspects of life is not the way God intended us to live. 

Denmark: Going Nowhere.

Something IS rotten in the state of Denmark: its spoiled rotten citizenry, pampered by their Nanny State from cradle to grave.  And why should anyone expend ANY effort in a nation where so much income is stolen by the state as soon as it is generated?

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

Couple observations.  If Mexico is above average in happiness, is it because 10% of their population has left for the USA?  Or are they happy because they illegally live in the USA?  Why are they running across our border in droves if they're so happy in Mexico?

Denmark, notice the "generous welfare system."  Here we go again, liberals taking money from people whether those people want it taken or not, and giving it to other people whether those from which it was taken wanted it taken or not......and defining that action as generous.  Amazing when governments do this, it's "generous" but if I go do it to my neighbor and give it to another neighbor, my second deed is completely trumped by my first and my arse is sitting in jail.

What about Saudi Arabia?  I wish there would have been more discussion on this.  I would really like to know peoples opinions because I don’t know that much about Denmark.   I wish I had been here yesterday.  I think Denmark has a lot of oil that supports their welfare state and their population is only around 5.5 million as opposed to our 298 billion.  If we had as much oil as they did and only had to provide for the people of New York City, it might be doable.  They don’t have to innovate or be productive to support their population.  Their population is small and manageable and can’t be compared in any way to ours.   

A better comparison would be the Welfare state of Saudi Arabia.  Their population of 25.5 million is still nothing in comparison to ours and our oil revenue is nothing compared to theirs. Most of their labor is from foreigners.   Their society leads to bored people who spend all their time warping their religion into something perverse.  They don’t need common sense skills to survive and they lose them.  This turns out terrorists in droves.  Even still they can support their population. We can’t.  

We don’t have enough to support our population without constantly innovating and finding better ways to do things.  We have a lot more pressure sure, but we also have higher rewards.  The U.S. is uniquely wealthy and spiritual at the same time.  Those who don’t want pressure can still live decently as long as they are willing to work.   That is why Mexicans come here.  They work hard and live here and even send money back to relatives so our citizens don’t really have any excuse.  If illegal immigrants can find work to support themselves than so can they.  

Lama, Lama, Lama..."generous welfare and low expectations"?  Gimme a break...Weren't you old enough to remember the Berlin wall being dismantled?  The will of the people did that.  People don't like that kind of government once it goes into effect.

But, just to refresh your memory, the Marxist utopia never worked.  Let me quote Boris Yeltsin, "Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky. "

Hard work, committment and intelligence create wealth.  You deserve as much of that wealth as you can earn.  If the danes are so happy (and I don't believe your spin for a New York minute) by being lazy and institutionalized then why don't you move there, please.  The United States will be better off without you.