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.
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.
Pair that with the GOP systematically destroying public institutions by gutting public funding as much as possible while simultaneously eroding public trust. Our public education system? It used to be the best in the world until Regan and Bush I and II tore it to shreds. Same with our healthcare system. All in the name of privatization.
If it actually did result in republicans being crushed under a giant domino, at least we’d have that going for us.
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