Look, I"m sorry I totally anhilated your argument. ......
The USA IS Superior | Change My Mind
Norway is pretty good, but not better. Taxes: Norway imposes a 1% wealth tax every year on all your assets over $144k (including money in your bank account, the house you live in, stocks you own, etc.). The government takes a nice monthly premium for its 'free' health care out of your monthly paycheck. 25% Norwegian sales tax (VAT) is way above the highest US state sales tax (9.45%) Cars can be taxed double normal retail (if you want a higher end car like a Volvo you can expect to pay more than $100k in Norway and about $45k in the US) Miscellaneous death-of-a-thousand-cuts taxes like the $450 annual TV license just to have a TV in your house. High Prices: $8-$11/gallon for gas, the most expensive in the world. High rents. Getting charged over $4 each time you drive into Oslo and other cities A modest combo meal from McDonalds costs over $14 (not that I'm a big fan of McDonalds, but we all know the Big Mac Index) A bag or two of essentials at the grocery store can easily run $75-$100 (milk is $8/gallon, chicken breasts cost $7/lb, etc.). America is also better as it is much freer. Norway doesn"t guarantee you freedom of speech, and doesn"t protect your right to bear arms. Also it"s pretty unfair to compare the US to 🇳🇴 as our population is SEVENTY times as big as Norway. 1. Sure, Norwegians live longer but not HEALTHIER. Having a lower GDP doesn"t necessarily we are worse than Norway. Our inflation rates are both 1.9 for 2018. How does having a lower population make you superior to the US? How does having Winter year round make it superior? The Us has a 0.5 higher growth rate than Norway. With more people and politicians comes more corruption. Norway"s unemployment rate is 0.1 more than the US. Less people = safer country. A perfect example of this is Vermont. How is having a much higher cost of living a good thing? Look, I"m sorry I totally anhilated your argument. Just admit it, America is the best. Most of your so called "facts" were either completely wrong, or were true because of the super tiny population Norway has. So... Good luck.