Two pieces of news, one from Denmark, the other (the one that I am going to focus on) from Norway:

Denmark's government now has no foreign currency debt - for the first time in 183 years

Norway is the world's happiest country in 2017, according to the World Happiness Report

This thing about Norway can't be right, OK? Hey, their most famous writer ( Read more... )

Much in line with the monthly topic, comes this:

Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say

Sometimes you have to spend money in order to save money and get the job done, as any progressive would tell you...

"Giving apartments to homeless people who've been on the streets for years before they've ( Read more... )

 [Before you tare apart my post, please try to do so constructively. I am new in the insurance industry but not new to sales. I sold my first policy on 11-28-12! My Agency is bound to Farmers Insurance Exchange but I paid for this franchise so, keep in mind my heart and soul is in what I do, it feeds my family. With that said I am looking for ways ( Read more... )

I find it astounding that so many people seem to buy into this teet suckling mythology. Yes, there are people on public assistance. No - the overwhelming majority of those people do not live large, get wealthy or even WANT to be on it...  The ones that do are rare and should be ferreted out as fraudsters. It's maddening. When we talk the real issue ( Read more... )

“The decision on Obamacare goes well beyond health care,” Mrs. Bachmann, a Republican and a vocal opponent of the law, wrote in an e-mail. It “will determine whether or not the court believes the government has a right to mandate that Americans buy a product or service, a direct impact on our freedom and liberty.”Yes, very fine words, there is only ( Read more... )

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Anecdata time? You know, there's this guy who's been a social worker for a few years, his primary task being to swim through a sea of suffering on a daily basis, and browse through thousands of applications that are being submitted daily to the labor bureau at the local Municipality. Those applications are coming mostly from people living in the ( Read more... )

( If they really do that.... )

"Of course they hated Social Security, which is why they turned it around."
( Cut for sad story. )

Ev'ning, dear selfish scrooges advocates of social justice! This is gonna be about the contrast between two neighboring countries struck by the same problem - the need for a total overhaul of their pension systems. But while France is wildly protesting, in Britain everything seems calm. How come?

There could hardly be a bigger contrast, when you ( Read more... )