So this non-serving ass clown wants OTHER people to sign up for a draft to protect his “unparalleled freedoms and opportunities” while he sits back and enjoys them. Says our freedoms are the envy of the world. My brother, have you ever even left the country? Because nothing says “unparalleled freedom” like going bankrupt from a hospital visit, watching your kids do active shooter drills, and needing a draft to staff a military that already has the biggest budget on the planet. But sure, the whole world is just green with envy. Absolutely seething. They’re over there with their universal healthcare and paid parental leave just WISHING they could be us.
I think I can speak for all of Sweden when I say: we are not even remotely envious of US “freedom”
There’s this “old” song I think express our views just fine
The Sounds - Living in America
As an American, I’m envious of the freedoms Europeans have. I hear in much of Europe you don’t have to change doctors when you change jobs. And they let you spend a few months with your newborn child.
Parents have the right to 480 days of parental leave in total. 90 of which is reserved for each parents(180 total) but the remaining 300 you can choose who stays home.
It’s quite common that both parents stay home for a while. Which they can, just means your total parental leave days are consumed twice as fast.
NOTE: This is just for Sweden. Other European countries may have other rules
Don’t even need to look that far. I’m Canadian and we have all that.
I’m not 100% sure because I don’t have kids and won’t ever have any, but i think in australia (where i live), maternity leave is like a year or something?
You’re lucky. I wish i lived where you were!!
As an australia, with welfare and medicare systems that actually, you know, work, I’m not even CLOSE to being envious of the americans. Yeah, I’m really jealous of the fact that I functionally don’t need to worry about getting shot to death by police/nutbags (same thing, amirite?). Yeah, so much jealous. Fucking morons.