We have states that are bigger then the populations of both of those countries combined. What you can do for 9 million people, you can't do for 350 million....sorry. I don't want to be taken care of cradle to grave.....I don't want to taxed at 50% or higher either.
I wasn't taxed 50% when I done contract work in Sweden for a Swedish cellular company? I know for a FACT that middle management working for MTG and MILLICOM, both Swedish companies, don't get taxed 50%. Not even 40%. In fact, when I was earning more at my previous company here in the UK, I was taxed more than 40%. Tax rates are high in Scandi, just not as high as people pretend it to be.
Also, you're always going to have parasites in any country and population. What do you proposed are done with them? Seriously now. I'd like to either sterilise or execute them, but in reality, they need to live too. There's nothing you can do about people wanting free shit. In any flavour or government. Romney can't do anything about it too.