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Tintin, I am sure you did see a documentary about the fabulous healthcare and ss system...did they mention the founder of swedish social medicine died of cancer and advised his family and everyone to get private insurance because the system doesn't work? The myth of scandinavians earning more is another one the propoganda machine churns out so successfully. There is beautiful nature in Sweden, and many nice things, but the welfare state is a failure and the only reason it still exists is because of two main groups that vote religiously socialist and allow our paternalistic leaders to play big brother. The reality is that sweden has europe's highets taxes and the consumer return is not all that good, nothing compared to France for example. Add to that 25% VAT on all products, deductibles for both medical care and medicine, and the ladder tax system which aims to punish high earners(robin hood taxation) and you then have sweden! I am always amazed at how good a job the government does in convincing the world, most of which have never been to sweden, of what a utopia it is...it isn't.
Sorry for going off topic on this one!
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