Yes, taxes are very high - but your author agrees the Danes are a very contented people. Cradle to grave social services. Everyone pays the high taxes and everyone reaps the benefits.

As for your commentary on what liberals would want is only your speculation. You have to realize that system has been in place for years and years in Denmark. You cannot just flip a switch and - POOF, it is there. It has to be similar to a rheostat (that is a dimmer switch) and just dialed in very small increments to go from the lifestyle of America to that of Denmark. With the changes in political parties in America occurring e ery few years, the chances of turning our system to theirs is nil (that means zero).