On: Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nation...

[spiderfarmer]

50% of the non-western refugees in The Netherlands are working at least part-time. With most companies scrambling to find personnel even in low-paying jobs, I think we'll conclude in a few years that those refugees were a net-benefit to society.

[ThomPete → spiderfarmer]

If your report where anything like the Danish one it concluded that they were a net negative to society.

And you still haven't shown a country that provides as much opportunity as the US when it comes to "The American Dream"

[spiderfarmer → ThomPete]

You and I clearly have different definitions of opportunity or what it means to the average individual.

[ThomPete → spiderfarmer]

That's what I have been trying to explain to you now for several posts. The US general idea of opportunity and the American Dream isn't what you think it is.

So glad you finally got that part.

It's a fundamental difference in how these things are percieved.