William Doyle
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I think everybody should come here and visit to see, just to look at America in a slightly different way, perhaps.
I think we would all do better and vice versa.
Finland has a lot to learn from the United States.
Well, one reason is right across the street from me.
It's the world's largest national forest per capita.
So the daily immersion in nature, I think, may be the highest here than in most other countries.
That's one reason.
There's another, there's a culture here.
of egalitarianism and community spirit.
Finland is not really a welfare state.
It is a well-being state.
The difference is that the Finnish society and government thinks that everyone should flourish and have an opportunity to flourish rather than everyone is guaranteed free money.
Georgia, that's a great question.
There are three things here that I would argue are the best in the world that America can learn from.
Number one is public transportation is nearly at perfect levels.
The healthcare system is spectacular.
There is a private healthcare system and a public healthcare system that is excellent.
It's under strain, but it's excellent.
Third is the schools.
Every parent here, and I'm a parent of a child who spent some time here and finished schools, every parent here has the same expectation as, for example, a New York parent, which I was, sitting on the park bench.