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Right now, a lot of the public sector workers in Denmark are holding various strikes. While a lot of them would probably not be missed if they decided to hold a permanent strike (fact, 38% of working Danes have direct government jobs, to say nothing about another 30-odd percent indirectly employed by the government), two of the most interesting ones are the pædagogs (childcare workers) and nurses. Since at least they contribute something useful.

The first response to this must be the old time-honoured tradition of: If you're so unhappy with your current pay levels, why not go and find another job that pays better? But the main thing, for me, to consider is that these workers are already probably the best paid in the entire world for the jobs that they do. Given that, the real solution for the economy must come in the form of lower taxes. Any foreigner coming here can see that, but all these Danes, with their long tradition of suffocating socialism seem unable to see it, instead concentrating on the free rides they have been used to getting off the miracle of the welfare state.

Of course, lower taxes also means the capitalist scum these people despise so much will also benefit, conveniently forgetting the point that its the same "scum" who paid their wages in the first place.

If Denmark has to live through a 1970s UK-style depression to change, then I'm all for it. Bring it on.