How Does Life for Working Parents in Finland Compare to Those in the U.S.?

What Daniel said. Unless you're living under a frickin rock, or are just totally uninformed -- or worse, MISinformed -- then surely you realize that the capitalism that America so proudly championed died a sad death over the last several decades. Plain and simple, a family making a combined salary of nearly $200K in a decent neighborhood shouldn't be struggling to pay for daycare, nor should mom and dad be unable to spend more time with their children. Nor should students be burned with grad school debt for the rest of their professional lives. Nor should people have to suffer -- either physically or financially, or usually, both -- because of medical expenses. It is not politics, it is rational common sense: just as taxes are used to pay for our fire and police protection, they should be used to pay for health and education too, including and especially providing a support network to enable the most critically important aspect of society, caring for one's family. Because after all, wtf is the point of everything else, if we can't produce a society where everyone is living comfortably, well-educated, healthy, and able to comfortably support their children? This isn't socialism. It's capitalism done right, the way it was done prior to about the 1970s. Geezus. As proud Americans it's our founding fathers' mandated DUTY that we speak out and say when our beloved country is slipping. Well, we're slipping. So let's do something about it already.

I really don't understand. What kind of stories about the greatness of capitalism does one have to tell themselves to realize that the dream of living 'comfortably' with a house and a rolled lawn isn't there and not sustainable for most of us anymore? dare I say retire in dignity...

I would say both are credible responses to "I got mine, fuck yall." as a basis of civilization.