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As much as Denmark sucks the inuit get some pretty nice stuff out of it - compared to the American offer at least.
Independence would be better, as long as they have production and schools and universities, which Denmark hasn't built, but has gotten better at, but not enough.... Look I'm not trying to apologise for Denmark in any way. I just want to make it clear how shitty of an offer that is.
Denmark transfers 672.3 million dollars to Greenlands home rule every year. This amount is tied to inflation. There's also an additional 156 million each year to pay for police, law stuff and military. Which is because Greenland is a colony, I am aware, I am not saying "Denmark good" I am trying to illustrate how "offer bad".
There's also a series of specific programmes for citizens of Greenland in need of aid [2] which, looking at us domestic policy, I doubt would be matched. Offer bad.
Travelling to and from Greenland isn't something you need to finance with your one-time payment of a million dollars, instead you can apply for a state grant
Then there's also the benefits all danish citizens get: Free healthcare (for now, seems like the liberals really want to kill it) free education (for now, too) and a (meagre) pay while you're studying (partially now. You only get 4 years these days, fucking rats).
Again not saying "Denmark good" but I am trying to say... They're delusional? The people speaking about "purchasing" Greenland like it was a plot of land, have done no research, looked into nothing. Their ideas are so detached from reality, it kinda scares me. And they're very chauvinistic too, like the whole "better taxes, better business, gets to be American" thing.