"Also, you might be interested to know that Forbes magazine ranks Sweden, a democratic socialist country, as the best country for business. The US is way down at #23."

I agree, Sweden is definitely moving in the right direction.  From the Forbes article:

"One country headed in the opposite direction is Sweden, which moves up four spots to the top of the charts for the first time (Sweden ranked No. 17 in 2006). Over the past two decades the country has undergone a transformation built on deregulation and budget self-restraint with cuts to Sweden’s welfare state.

Sweden’s government shrank jobless and disability benefits to encourage employment. The lower benefits allowed for tax cuts. The inheritance tax was scrapped in 2005 and the wealth tax was canned two years later. A new bill lowered the energy tax on data centers by 97% effective Jan. 1."

https://mises.org/library/how-modern-sweden-profits-success-its-free-market-history