Hello Everyone!

I have been following the presidential race and the arguments in these forums for the past few weeks. One of the new issues is SOCIALISM. I lived in the United States for 17 years, but moved back to my home country of Finland a couple years ago.

Finland is a Socialist Democracy. We have free health care, free education through your bachelor's degree (when you turn 18, the gov. also pays for 80% of your rent and grocery money(240â?¬/month), and allows you to take out gov. backed student loans), and a welfare system that assures no Finnish citizen is without a roof over their heads or food on the table.

Our taxes are very high, about 19-20% income tax. We are also the second most expensive country in the EU, behind only the UK. But we still have people who have nice houses, plenty of Mercedes and BMW's on the roads, and people travel abroad frequently for vacations.

After living in both the U.S. and Finland, I think I would choose Finland, because it is a very safe country (yes we had 2 school shootings recently, which shocked all of us, but otherwise very low crime and the least corrupt country in the world), very clean country, high standard of education, and a great place to raise a family.

Please do not think that I am putting down the U.S. in any way. I liked living there, but I prefer here for the reasons stated above. Once I graduate, I will probably move somewhere else in Europe, just because its too fucking cold here.

I just want to know your opinions of why Socialism is really that bad. It might not be for everyone, but it's certainly not communism. Hopefully this thread won't get too out of hand:jointsmile:
bigtopsfinn Reviewed by bigtopsfinn on . Why is socialism so bad? Hello Everyone! I have been following the presidential race and the arguments in these forums for the past few weeks. One of the new issues is SOCIALISM. I lived in the United States for 17 years, but moved back to my home country of Finland a couple years ago. Finland is a Socialist Democracy. We have free health care, free education through your bachelor's degree (when you turn 18, the gov. also pays for 80% of your rent and grocery money(240â?¬/month), and allows you to take out Rating: 5