In Halden prison, its guards are encouraged to interact with inmates by playing sports, eating, and doing other types of activities together. It is believed to prevent aggression from both sides and to create a sense of family. While the prison is of maximum security, all of its 10-square-meter cells have a flat-screen TV, a toilet and a shower, and fluffy towels.
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Ditus 3 year s ago
Tax rate in Norway is 46%, so much for "free" stuff.
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Sinah 3 year s ago
It's not 46% (although if you make a lot more than average in some cases it may be). However, as a Norwegian you'll never see a hospital bill. Doesn't matter if it is the birth of you child, a broken arm or open heart surgery. We're covered and don't need to worry about it. Tuition, what's that? Our education is free as well. Now, THAT is freedom.
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Steph 3 year s ago
Sinah,
True, but you might have to wait for 6 months to get the heart surgery.... or a year or so if your back is messed up...
As a Norwegian working for a Norwegian company, the company have started buying private health insurance for all of us.... so we can get quicker treatments and get back to work.
We have a good, not perfect system.
income tax defenitly not 46%, but then you ad VAT of 12 or 24% on everything we buy, extra for luxury like cars, enviromental taxes on gass and we get up there.
True, but you might have to wait for 6 months to get the heart surgery.... or a year or so if your back is messed up...
As a Norwegian working for a Norwegian company, the company have started buying private health insurance for all of us.... so we can get quicker treatments and get back to work.
We have a good, not perfect system.
income tax defenitly not 46%, but then you ad VAT of 12 or 24% on everything we buy, extra for luxury like cars, enviromental taxes on gass and we get up there.
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Jorge 3 year s ago
Ditus: Its is not. Im Norwegian. The tax is linked to how much you earn, and how much dept you have. I currently pay around 28-30%. And I pay it gladly!!
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Claes 3 year s ago
#7. Fluffy towels??? Aw, that's sweet. Let's send all 2.3 million US prisoners to Norway and see how their fluffy towel system actually works.
We can take all their strippers in exchange.
(Historical footnote: in the late 1970's President Jimmy Carter lectured Fidel Castro on human rights and immigration. Made a huge deal about it. So Castro opened his prisons and sent the worst of the worst to Florida. Thousands of murderers, drug dealers, and rapists were absorbed into our population without vetting. It's not mentioned in history books now, but it happened.)
We can take all their strippers in exchange.
(Historical footnote: in the late 1970's President Jimmy Carter lectured Fidel Castro on human rights and immigration. Made a huge deal about it. So Castro opened his prisons and sent the worst of the worst to Florida. Thousands of murderers, drug dealers, and rapists were absorbed into our population without vetting. It's not mentioned in history books now, but it happened.)
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Erwin 3 year s ago
Claes,
USA never heard of REHABILITATION? Of turning people to become a valued citizen of the country? No... All they've heard is punishment, guns, more agression, and gangs. Your way... enjoy.
USA never heard of REHABILITATION? Of turning people to become a valued citizen of the country? No... All they've heard is punishment, guns, more agression, and gangs. Your way... enjoy.
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Sigismund 3 year s ago
I've always wanted to visit Norway and see the fjords. What a beautiful country!
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Ced 3 year s ago
Sigismund, Fjords? Never. I'm a Chevy man, myself! heh heh
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Mickey 3 year s ago
Socialized medicine, Just don't get sick over 60, your not worth care after that.
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Appie 3 year s ago
Mickey,
Good point, except you're wrong.
Good point, except you're wrong.
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Mahala 3 year s ago
Mickey, I live in a country with socialised medicine. My 93 year old father was aggressively treated for lung/brain/skin/prostate cancer over a period of 10 years up to his death recently.
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Jule 3 year s ago
Mickey, age doesn't matter. You get free health service your whole life. My mother got a new hip at the age of 78.
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Lewis 3 year s ago
Norway is truly an fantastic country in many ways. As born in Sweden with a Swedish father and an Norwegian mother, I wish that Sweden could be more like Norway.
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Adaline 3 year s ago
All the US peepz trying to think of something "wrong" with other countries just to make themselves feel better.
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Nickname 3 year s ago
Any black people in Norway?
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Steph 3 year s ago
Nickname,
Yes there are people of color in Norway.
But most of them got here after 1965, so I have worked with people telling me stories about the first time they met a person of color.
Yes there are people of color in Norway.
But most of them got here after 1965, so I have worked with people telling me stories about the first time they met a person of color.
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Elenor 3 year s ago
As an American - Hell yeah, good for them! Ignore those negative remarks.
We could learn a lot. Just because we are huge in size doesn't mean we are the best at everything, and the way to be best is look at all the different examples in the world and see what works. Being a huge country makes it more difficult to do most things efficiently.
And as a Texas. :-) I'll take crazy
We could learn a lot. Just because we are huge in size doesn't mean we are the best at everything, and the way to be best is look at all the different examples in the world and see what works. Being a huge country makes it more difficult to do most things efficiently.
And as a Texas. :-) I'll take crazy
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Lemuel 3 year s ago
Love the idea of slow tv shows and the Texas thing ha ha. In Texas they make fun of Californians. Everybody loves to have a dog to kick.
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Trisha 3 year s ago
Lemuel,
It's not to make fun of today's Texans, it's more like a reference to the wild west.
I.e. one could just as easy use the term "It was like the wild west" to describe a situation like a bar brawl or any similar chaotic event.
It's not to make fun of today's Texans, it's more like a reference to the wild west.
I.e. one could just as easy use the term "It was like the wild west" to describe a situation like a bar brawl or any similar chaotic event.
True, but you might have to wait for 6 months to get the heart surgery.... or a year or so if your back is messed up...
As a Norwegian working for a Norwegian company, the company have started buying private health insurance for all of us.... so we can get quicker treatments and get back to work.
We have a good, not perfect system.
income tax defenitly not 46%, but then you ad VAT of 12 or 24% on everything we buy, extra for luxury like cars, enviromental taxes on gass and we get up there.
We can take all their strippers in exchange.
(Historical footnote: in the late 1970's President Jimmy Carter lectured Fidel Castro on human rights and immigration. Made a huge deal about it. So Castro opened his prisons and sent the worst of the worst to Florida. Thousands of murderers, drug dealers, and rapists were absorbed into our population without vetting. It's not mentioned in history books now, but it happened.)
USA never heard of REHABILITATION? Of turning people to become a valued citizen of the country? No... All they've heard is punishment, guns, more agression, and gangs. Your way... enjoy.
Good point, except you're wrong.
Yes there are people of color in Norway.
But most of them got here after 1965, so I have worked with people telling me stories about the first time they met a person of color.
We could learn a lot. Just because we are huge in size doesn't mean we are the best at everything, and the way to be best is look at all the different examples in the world and see what works. Being a huge country makes it more difficult to do most things efficiently.
And as a Texas. :-) I'll take crazy
It's not to make fun of today's Texans, it's more like a reference to the wild west.
I.e. one could just as easy use the term "It was like the wild west" to describe a situation like a bar brawl or any similar chaotic event.