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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Van Buren) - America Can Learn from Denmark on Good Government

Conversations in Copenhagen revealed what a life without financial terror would be like. The post America Can Learn from Denmark on Good Government appeared first on The American Conservative .

Denmark America Can Learn from Denmark on Good Government Conversations in Copenhagen revealed what a life without financial terror would be like. (Moahim/Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons) I was sitting in a coffee shop in Copenhagen, Denmark ruining my vacation. For about the hundredth time I found myself calculating how much the trip was costing, and whether, as a retiree, I had saved enough not to outlive my money. At the end of life, I was likely to face tens of thousands of nursing home expenses, with years of increasing medical expenses on the way down. Then there was inflation and the tottering Social Security and Medicare situations to worry about. My expensive coffee was getting cold. I looked around the room full of Danes and…Open

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