Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The American Dream moves to Denmark - The Week

One gets so used to Republican candidates reciting the "greatest country on earth" catechism that it is shocking when one of their presidential candidates actually acknowledges that another country - especially a Scandinavian country - affords more opportunity than does ours. - GWC
The American Dream moves to Denmark - The Week:
by David Frum
"Rick Santorum is not exactly an odds-on favorite in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. And perhaps that's why it was Santorum who felt free to articulate an important truth in the GOP candidates' debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.

"Believe it or not, studies have been done that show that in Western Europe, people at the lower parts of the income scale actually have a better mobility going up the ladder now than in America. ""

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