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where does this come from? That is TOTALLY baseless and dare I say it?, ignorant?[/quote:41c4b]

I think you need to take a look at figures:

The US obviously ranks number ONE in GDP thus has a longer shelf life and ability to sustain itself. Scandinavian econmy: oil, high taxes, budget deficit. But of course we have a budget deficit as well, but we pull in 10,000 billion annually. THAT is the difference. Sustainability. Who's model can last longer?[/quote:41c4b]
But ask yourself what does our huge GDP do for your everyday life? You wake up, go to work, come home to your family, sleep. Do that for 50 years, then HOPEFULLY have enough money to retire. Our huge GDP does not mean our system will last longer. Our system is less stable IMO. We are getting better at it, but we have lots of poverty. Norway have next to none.