Stephan:   I had a conversation at the gym the other day with a man I have gotten to know, because we both go at night, when hardly anyone else is there. He is a teabagger and he went on and on about how Obama is trying to 'turn American into a European socialist country. He particularly dislikes Scandanavia because of its social safety network. 'You don't see any billionaires in Sweden do you?' he asked me. 'No you don't' he said answering his own question. 'In those socialist countries they don't like God and there is no initiative.' He believes this passionately, and the one or two times I have talked with him when friends are with him it's clear his views are mirrored by those he knows. So I went looking for something that specifically addresses this issue, and here is what I've found. What I discovered put the lie to everything teabaggers believe but, more than that, it shows that it is possible to have universal healthcare, childcare, maternal and paternal paid leave, free or modestly priced university education and a host of other things that define Sweden and whose absence defines the United States. It should give us pause that the Swedes can manage this, and we cannot.