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Old 07-31-2008, 06:26 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by guyy View Post
No, you don't. Show me how Icelandic workers are in control and i'll believe you.
Perhaps you missed the sentence after the one you quoted, where I said that there was plenty of capitalism to go around in Iceland. What I meant by it being "socialist" was the emphasis on a welfare state, as I put in parentheses--we all pay a goodly part of our taxes into a nationalized system of education and health care. Also, I don't know if this applies to your question or not, but all workers in Iceland are required to be members of their respective unions. This applies even to higher-skilled workers. They are not "in control," but the unions have more power and representation here than I have ever seen in the US.
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