Our travel to Denmark could not have been easier. All flights were on time, we didn't have any long airport layovers and all our luggage arrived intact. I know I'll pay for this somewhere down the road!
Our driver from the airport decided to use our travel time for a little Danish economics lesson. While both he and his wife are Danish citizens, they have moved to the south of France to start a new company. Apparently the tax rates are so high here that it was cheaper for him to move and commute back twice a month for his job than stay here to start his company. If you make up to $60,000 your tax rate is about 50%. The next $20,000 puts you up to 60% and over that it's 65%. For that you do get a lot of social programs provided like health care and education. Out of 5,000,000 people 1,000,000 still buy additional health insurance. Kindergarten costs $500 a month but it's free for the later grades. The Mercedes that we were riding in, an S400, costs $400,000!
The moral of the story is Denmark is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live here.
Next: our eating adventures begin
Our driver from the airport decided to use our travel time for a little Danish economics lesson. While both he and his wife are Danish citizens, they have moved to the south of France to start a new company. Apparently the tax rates are so high here that it was cheaper for him to move and commute back twice a month for his job than stay here to start his company. If you make up to $60,000 your tax rate is about 50%. The next $20,000 puts you up to 60% and over that it's 65%. For that you do get a lot of social programs provided like health care and education. Out of 5,000,000 people 1,000,000 still buy additional health insurance. Kindergarten costs $500 a month but it's free for the later grades. The Mercedes that we were riding in, an S400, costs $400,000!
The moral of the story is Denmark is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live here.
Next: our eating adventures begin
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