California on track to receive Danish universal healthcare, paid maternity leave, subsidized child care, six weeks annual paid vacation

[Cypress]

Thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from U.S.​

In response to President Donald Trump’s continued musing about the U.S. acquiring Greenland from Denmark, Danish citizens have launched their own effort to purchase America’s most economically prosperous state.

An online petition seeking the “Denmarkification” of California has seemingly garnered nearly 200,000 signatures, with a pitch to Danish citizens that purchasing the Golden State would provide them with more sunshine, dominance in the tech industry, limitless avocado toast and easy access to Disneyland — which organizers say would be renamed to honor fairytale author and poet Hans Christian Andersen.

“Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.’ Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality,” petition organizers write on the online page

https://ktla.com/news/california/thousands-of-danes-sign-petition-to-buy-california-from-u-s/

 

[countryboy]

Meanwhile, back in the real world, Greenlanders are fighting for independence from Denmark.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Just wait until the new government raises the income tax rate to like 50 to 60% to pay for it...

It would also provide Denmark with an insanely high crime rate, 94,000 criminals in prison, having to support US defense installations and bases (Denmark is part of NATO and obligated to do that), among other economic disasters that would result for them.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Just wait until the new government raises the income tax rate to like 50 to 60% to pay for it...

It would also provide Denmark with an insanely high crime rate, 94,000 criminals in prison, having to support US defense installations and bases (Denmark is part of NATO and obligated to do that), among other economic disasters that would result for them.

And the wealthy continue to say "screw this" and leave.

Letting LA burn will propel the idea.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Then there's the problem of how Denmark will pay for this given California's GDP is roughly 1000 times that of Denmark...

 

[Hawkeye10]

Then there's the problem of how Denmark will pay for this given California's GDP is roughly 1000 times that of Denmark...

They should work on their main problem....what to do about the collapse of Europe.

 

[AProudLefty]

There he is!

 

[Cypress]

Meanwhile, back in the real world, Greenlanders are fighting for independence from Denmark.

Link me to reputable source corroborating your claim to a civil war in Greenland.

 

[Cypress]

Just wait until the new government raises the income tax rate to like 50 to 60% to pay for it...

It would also provide Denmark with an insanely high crime rate, 94,000 criminals in prison, having to support US defense installations and bases (Denmark is part of NATO and obligated to do that), among other economic disasters that would result for them.

I've been hearing for the last 40 years from conservatives that the Scandinavian social welfare states are right on the verge of collapse because of taxes.

 

[countryboy]

Link me to reputable source corroborating your claim to a civil war in Greenland.

I never claimed anything of the kind, oh dishonest Wonder of The Universe. But you already knew that.

 

[Cypress]

I never claimed anything of the kind, oh dishonest Wonder of The Universe. But you already knew that.

So you agree there is no "fighting", and that given a choice between the United States and Denmark, Greenlanders would prefer to have a relationship with Denmark, even if it might ultimately be as an autonomous Commonwealth dominion.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

So you agree there is no "fighting", and that given a choice between the United States and Denmark, Greenlanders would prefer to have a relationship with Denmark, even if it might ultimately be as an autonomous Commonwealth dominion.

I was going to say something similar but you said it better. If Greenlanders are "fighting" for anything, it's to not be annexed by the Disunited States of Trump.

 

[Phantasmal]

Meanwhile, back in the real world, Greenlanders are fighting for independence from Denmark.

So? Their wanting independence is just that, it doesn’t mean they want to be part of the USA.

 

[countryboy]

So? Their wanting independence is just that, it doesn’t mean they want to be part of the USA.

I never said they did. But it's an awful big coincidence that as soon as Trump was elected, Greenland stepped up their efforts to become independent from Denmark.

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www.reuters.com

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

I never said they did. But it's an awful big coincidence that as soon as Trump was elected, Greenland stepped up their efforts to become independent from Denmark.

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www.reuters.com

I guess you didn't actually read the story you linked to...


Greenland's government has twice rejected offers by Trump to purchase the island, in 2019 and again last year, with Egede asserting that "Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale."

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I've been hearing for the last 40 years from conservatives that the Scandinavian social welfare states are right on the verge of collapse because of taxes.

This has nothing to do with that. You are offering a canard, a non sequitur.

 

[countryboy]

I guess you didn't actually read the story you linked to...


Greenland's government has twice rejected offers by Trump to purchase the island, in 2019 and again last year, with Egede asserting that "Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale."

Yeah, so? That doesn't mean it won't happen. If you libs didn't have to lose your minds at the very mention of President Trump, you would realize he is transactional, and the "offer" to purchase Greenland is probably more of a negotiating tactic, than a desire to purchase Greenland. You'll notice, President Trump wasn't even mentioned in the speech by Greenland's prime minister. It's a given an independent Greenland would want to work with the richest, most powerful country in the world. Much to your chagrin, I'm sure.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I guess you didn't actually read the story you linked to...


Greenland's government has twice rejected offers by Trump to purchase the island, in 2019 and again last year, with Egede asserting that "Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale."

But yet, Denmark sold us all their real estate in the Caribbean...

The U.S. Bought 3 Virgin Islands from Denmark. The Deal Took 50 Years | HISTORY

During World War I, Denmark finally sold Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix to the U.S. for $25 million in gold coin.

www.history.com

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

But yet, Denmark sold us all their real estate in the Caribbean...

The U.S. Bought 3 Virgin Islands from Denmark. The Deal Took 50 Years | HISTORY

During World War I, Denmark finally sold Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix to the U.S. for $25 million in gold coin.

www.history.com

And yet Greenland is not Denmark or in the Caribbean.

 

[Diogenes]

Does anyone believe that Demark will buy California?