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> [“In a study Suzanne Mettler asked 1,400 Americans whether they had used a government social program. Fifty-seven percent said they had not. Then she asked if they had used one of twenty-one specific federal policies, including child-care tax credits, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/in-a-study-suzanne-mettler-asked-1-400-americans-whether-they-had/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

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## More by Anu Partanen

> [“As I’d worked at my job and traveled and read and lived my life, I’d also decided that a woman is meant to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/as-i-d-worked-at-my-job-and-traveled-and-read-and-lived-my-life-i-d/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“The law on basic education in Finland specifically states that after school and homework, students should still be allowed time for hobbies and rest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/the-law-on-basic-education-in-finland-specifically-states-that-after/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“For the citizens of the Nordic countries, the most important values in life are individual self-sufficiency and independence in relation to other members of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/for-the-citizens-of-the-nordic-countries-the-most-important-values-in/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“In a study Suzanne Mettler asked 1,400 Americans whether they had used a government social program. Fifty-seven percent said they had not. Then she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/in-a-study-suzanne-mettler-asked-1-400-americans-whether-they-had/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“the Scandinavians—that is, the Swedes, Danes, and Norwegians—even have a literary phrase to describe this tendency. The phrase is “the Law of Jante,” and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/the-scandinavians-that-is-the-swedes-danes-and-norwegians-even-have-a/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“A family will not function well as a team unless it is first composed of strong, self-sufficient individuals.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/a-family-will-not-function-well-as-a-team-unless-it-is-first-composed/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“And people should be able to make choices related to their employment without worrying whether they will still be able to receive, say, treatment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/and-people-should-be-able-to-make-choices-related-to-their-employment/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“Americans have perfected the questionable art of what Suzann Mettler, a professor at Cornell University calls "the submerged state." -- making government policies invisible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/americans-have-perfected-the-questionable-art-of-what-suzann-mettler/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“For in the United States more than half of fast-food workers rely on some form of public assistance to get by, meaning that American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/for-in-the-united-states-more-than-half-of-fast-food-workers-rely-on/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“One of the most important policies introduced by Finland’s school reforms was the requirement that all teachers from elementary through high school have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/one-of-the-most-important-policies-introduced-by-finland-s-school/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“Education became Finland’s best hope for preparing its population for a new economy based not on agriculture or manufacturing, but on knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/education-became-finland-s-best-hope-for-preparing-its-population-for/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

> [“Americans often view maternity leave as a time for a mother to recover from giving birth, and anything longer as an entitlement that unfairly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anu-partanen/americans-often-view-maternity-leave-as-a-time-for-a-mother-to/)

[Anu Partanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anu-partanen/)

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