girlfreddyApr 28, 2024

Why the Swedes love doing something that Americans hate

https://lemmy.ca/post/20210925

Why the Swedes love doing something that Americans hate - Lemmy.ca

Sweden is infamous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country’s tax agency is still one of Sweden’s most trusted institutions. The Swedish attitude towards tax contrasts sharply with many countries where taxes can be a deeply divisive issue. We investigate what this says about Swedish society and how the popularity of the welfare state might survive growing challenges in the future.

Show threadFlying SquidApr 28, 2024
Americans have been taught to hate taxes. They have been sold the idea that the original concept of “no taxation without representation” didn’t include the latter two words. Decades of Republicans demonizing taxes have done it.
Show threadHubertManneApr 28, 2024
well swedes also get value for their taxes. I remember one who would talk about how it drove him nuts coming across pot holes and various broken infrastructure as it would be unacceptable for it to be like that for weeks were he was from.
Show threadFlying Squid
Right, but there’s a reason we don’t get value for our taxes and that reason is also Republicans. Especially Reagan.
Apr 28, 2024 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadHubertManneApr 28, 2024
oh yeah and we end up paying more in local taxes than any reduction we ever got on federal ones.