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You mean people in the US today. Most Western countries have all those.
Most third world countries have that too I think.
Socialised healthcare, yeah. But I can't imagine many people being open about the reason they're calling in sick being a hangover
In the NL, your employer has no right to even ask why you're calling in. You just say I'm sick and that's it.
Not exactly thrid world country that, though.
I like to bring it up mostly as an example that socialist policies do work, even in the first world, even in Western-style economies.
Like unlimited sick days.
How could sick days even be limited? You are actually just bearing the risk of being sick more than your allotted quota, instead of your employer. Or why would your employer even be capable of determining whether you're sick, are they a certified medical professional?
Or my favourite, "no country has ever had a wealth tax, assets are impossible to tax, they would crash the economy". The NL has a flat wealth tax on assets over your first home plus 50k EUR. It works, and the economy is doing fine.
Of course things could be better, and there are crises as are everywhere, but it is just an improved state of peace of mind if nothing else with decent worker's rights. And it works.
Well, duh. It's just common sense. One that Americans are sadly lacking.