These days, liberal politicians such as Bernie Sanders are promising to make us "like Scandinavia." However, these politicians hypocritically propose policy contrary to the Scandinavian countries, fail to recognize the fundamental differences between our countries, and fail to realize that Scandinavian policy is not bereft of any issues. Here are a list of some of the most egregious examples of liberal/socialist shortsightedness regarding Scandinavia.
1. Scandinavian countries do not have/need a significant military
After the speaking program at the Boston Waterfront Cruise Terminal in South Boston last week, a young student from Catholic Academy came up to me and asked me, "Mr. Flynn, I heard all these people say how you were able to bring all these big passenger ships to come to Boston when you were mayor. I heard that for the first time, a Disney Ship is coming to Boston and taking people to Disneyland. That's cool. How did you do that?"
A couple of Mass. Port officials were standing beside me and I could see that they were anxiously waiting to hear how I would respond to the question.
