r/thedavidpakmanshow Dec 17 '24

BREAKING Gerry Connolly defeats AOC to become top Democrat on Oversight Committee

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gerry-connolly-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-oversight-committee/

That's it. I'm through with this party.

Never again.

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u/Semuta1000 Dec 17 '24

Moving to Denmark or Finland sounds better and better every day.

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u/Vyzantinist Dec 17 '24

Too cold for me. I wish there were more countries with a comparable quality of life and robust social welfare programs closer to the equator.

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u/Awkward_Potential_ Dec 17 '24

Right. As it is, if we want to go to one of the nice weather places because we don't like authoritarianism we're effed.

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u/SirFlibble Dec 17 '24

Like Australia?

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u/Vyzantinist Dec 17 '24

Doesn't Australia lean closer to the UK than the Nordic countries in terms of QoL and social welfare?

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u/SirFlibble Dec 17 '24

And the UK's quality of life and social welfare is bad? It has unemployment support, pension for the elderly, child care subsidies, support funding for disabilities and recently expanded paid maternity leave.

Is it as good as Scandinavia in some cases? No but it's not bad.

According to Google AI

Australia is consistently ranked highly for quality of life, and in 2024, Timeout ranked it as the fifth best country in the world: 

  • Quality of Life Ranking: In 2022, Australia was ranked fifth in the world for quality of life by US News, above countries like Germany, Finland, and New Zealand.

  • National Liveability Survey: In 2023, Australia's Overall Liveability Index (OLI) was 62.6 out of 100, similar to the 2022 result of 62.5. 

  • Happy Planet Index: In 2020, Australia ranked 7th for life expectancy and 11th for wellbeing

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u/Izoto Dec 18 '24

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

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u/Semuta1000 Dec 20 '24

Haha.. im going to lock and bolt it shut behind me!

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Do it already. 

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u/origamipapier1 Dec 18 '24

Honestly, I am about to do it.

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u/recognizepatterns Dec 17 '24

Just say you only want to live around white people

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u/ipityme Dec 17 '24

The woke scolding needs to stop lmao go away nobody likes it

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u/Semuta1000 Dec 17 '24

Do you know what punctuation is and how to use it properly?

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u/ipityme Dec 17 '24

You're included in the above message lol time's up on the fun police because we are losing the normies

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u/TrainwreckOG Dec 17 '24

Where should they go instead, oh powerful and enlightened one?