I'm going to start addressing evangelical Christians like they talk at gay people:
"Yeah, I just don't agree with your lifestyle."
"Your beliefs are simply a phase."
"I respect you, just not how you live your life."
"You shouldn't be allowed to get married."
@prageru@DennisPrager Yes it is. The death penalty has between a 4%-11% margin of error depending on what state you are in. It’s a disgrace it has not been abolished.
@lynn_weiser@judith_dite@prageru Just so you know, California has the 35th highest poverty rate. This statistic they are saying is blatantly false. Mississippi has the highest at 20.1% by the way.
@smartpants_@DaysOfGame_com Plus the piece they are referencing is from a known right wing website and is an opinion article. An opninion article with a far fetched claim and a major false claim not backed by the census bureau. All you have to do is look at census reports on poverty.
@res1mp7q @prageru That may be. They made a pretty bold claim which is false. For the sake of their integrity hopefully there is an explanation about this.
@twitsanon@Fellwing@WalshFreedom I would encourage you to look at the other sources. Instead of just one of many. The paper I wrote which was referencing. I had access to subscription scholarly writing from my institution.
@Fellwing@twitsanon@WalshFreedom https://t.co/blC06AR525
Tax Policy Center is the Parent Institution
https://t.co/dgehXZGqqt
OECD is another source I used for my research
@Fellwing@twitsanon@WalshFreedom SKAT, is essentially the Danish IRS. https://t.co/rRLZKkobq0
Jacob Hacker is a political scientist, those writings I cited would have to be purchased.
@twitsanon@Fellwing@WalshFreedom Sources:
IRS Tax Statistics
SKAT: Yor Danish Tax Affairs
CIA World Factbook
Jacob Hacker: The Great Risk Shift
American Social Welfare Policy
Inequality: OECD
Hacker and Pierson Winner Take All
@twitsanon@Fellwing@WalshFreedom If you think it's morally okay to take as much money as they do from their people in Denmark particularly the middle class, I would have to disagree with you. Denmark is not as much of a success story as not think.
@twitsanon@Fellwing@WalshFreedom To go back to finances for a second, the IS leads the world in disposable in one meaning money people have to spend on what they want. Denmark is 14th.
@twitsanon@Fellwing@WalshFreedom You referenced education. Well the US, averages more years in schooling then Denmark by 13.6 years in schooling in the US And 11.8 in Denmark.
@twitsanon@Fellwing@WalshFreedom The United States also leads the world in charitable donations, not just in terms of overall amount, but in percentage of income. Denmark does not even break the top 20.
@twitsanon@Fellwing@WalshFreedom Apart from financial factors. The US as of 2017 has a life expectancy higher than Denmark of .4 years. The US also has higher survival rates of diseases such as heart disease and cancer along with most other medical illnesses
@twitsanon@Fellwing@WalshFreedom With such high levels of taxation, cost of living is also higher. Cost of living is 25% higher in Denmark than the US, people in Denmark rely on government income to even buy groceries which they can not afford.