Comments on: Relativity. https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26981 Jody Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:26:09 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26981 If the Norwegian government mandated that every man and woman in the country had to drink three glasses of orange juice a day...and tax each drink. Of course there were have to be a few committees to see that this was carried out. If the Norwegian government mandated that every man and woman in the country had to drink three glasses of orange juice a day…and tax each drink.

Of course there were have to be a few committees to see that this was carried out.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26977 TB Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:00:50 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26977 <p>More on how to make a "welfare state" work</p> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway#Economy" rel="nofollow">Here.</a> As always, the key seems to be a very small population with some portion of it making a shitload of money. If you do the straight math from Bowser's numbers, the Norwegian GDP per capita is twice ours. Where's all that cash coming from? <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Norway_treemap.png/766px-Norway_treemap.png" width="300" /> (Norwegian Exports) Drill, baby, drill. More on how to make a “welfare state” work

Here.

As always, the key seems to be a very small population with some portion of it making a shitload of money. If you do the straight math from Bowser’s numbers, the Norwegian GDP per capita is twice ours.

Where’s all that cash coming from?


(Norwegian Exports)

Drill, baby, drill.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26972 bowser Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:08:08 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26972 Nothing. Squat. Zilch, zero. Nary a peso, penny, krone. Free. Healthcare ranked 11th in world. US ranked 38th. Nothing. Squat. Zilch, zero. Nary a peso, penny, krone. Free. Healthcare ranked 11th in world. US ranked 38th.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26971 bowser Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:06:09 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26971 WHO ranks Norway as 11th in quality of healthcare, and it is 16th in per capita spending. WHO ranks the US as 38th in the quality of healthcare, and it spends more per capita than anyone else in the world. And there are those who defend American healthcare policies. WHO ranks Norway as 11th in quality of healthcare, and it is 16th in per capita spending.

WHO ranks the US as 38th in the quality of healthcare, and it spends more per capita than anyone else in the world.

And there are those who defend American healthcare policies.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26970 Jody Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:00:49 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26970 About 1,000 glasses of orange juice ought to cover it. About 1,000 glasses of orange juice ought to cover it.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26966 Jody Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:41:55 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26966 Exactly:) Exactly:)

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26960 TB Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:50:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26960 Ter piss in! Ter piss in!

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26959 RobVG Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:17:59 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26959 I suppose you want me to ask you what's a "potfer". :) I suppose you want me to ask you what’s a “potfer”. :)

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26957 ER Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:18:42 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26957 Yeah, but how much does a Norwegian pay for an appendectomy? Yeah, but how much does a Norwegian pay for an appendectomy?

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/22/relativity/#comment-26955 Jody Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:52:02 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=38109#comment-26955 I'll squeeze you ya little potfer...;) I’ll squeeze you ya little potfer…;)

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