I don't love Sweden, and I don't hate it, but I have spent a good portion of most of my life not even giving a second thought to Sweden or Norway, or a great deal of other countries, that is the truth.
So, NO! I am not jealous at all.
If there were ever an opinion for me to form about Sweden is that they all seem to be sweet, wonderful warm and loving people, who seem to really like chocolate or something. I am part swedish, I have swedish family members and most of the fall into the category as I mentioned, they aren't perfect but MEH!
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Im swedish its horrible here atm immigrants gang raping every day in the papers and if you say anything about youre a racist. Its a mess here atm im waiting for the next elecetion then deciding if im gonna gonna leave sweden.
That argument is so invalid. Even implying we need the state to provide the roads it still does not rebuke his argument about paying insane taxes for others' problems. If you don't agree with abolishing the state you know you could keep them just for roads, police and courts and not a fuckton of social welfare?
No social and cultural expenditures are by any means justifiable. As for culture it just makes crappy artists and boring events profitable as long as they appeal to the ruling party and of course everybody pays for some dumb hoe singing dumb songs for taxpayers money to give the plebs bread and circuses.
Been in Norway, worked in Norway. Came for money and got out of there. Would never want to settle in that country. For reasons beyond taxation.
S.H.
Exactly. Why should I pay for someone else's leasure?
If people like football then let them finance it. I don't like it, I don't want to pay for it.
We should fucking be allowed to opt from what we don't want to pay taxes for, but also become forbidden from joining those actives.
I don't care how they make it working, just make it work.
I'm sick and tired of paying for someone else. I give a lot away in charity, but yes, the money I earn is MINE. Screw everyone else.
Paying taxes is something we Scandinavians are happy to do (relatively speaking). Solidarity is a very Scandinavian trait.
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
love sweden will never leave this place
Then you didn't understand my post, honestly. Sorry. I'm pointing out that a lot of the tax we pay is a necessity to make things go round. Whining about having to pay medical bills for others by paying some tax for a social medical welfare is one of the biggest whining turds ever. And really, I would rather not pay for culture but damn sure I know that I'll have to because it is part of what brings money to the country too.
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And what if YOU suddenly needed social welfare? What if YOU suddenly needed more medical aid? If you don't pay you can't claim when it is needed. There is a reason you pay, you aren't paying just because you have to alone, you are paying because you're an asset that is viable for using said services as well.
When I say social and culture, I am also talking public areas, parks, stadiums, concert halls, libraries etc - you pay for that in your taxes. You are able to use these because of it. If you weren't, then I guess one would have to keep a tap on when you sit on a public bench, etc.
Yeah, uhm, Norway is the expensive one of Scandinavia. Good money until you have to use them within the country, heh.
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Oh, of course we're happy to do so. The damn taxes pays for so much for us.
FOMO: "Fear Of Missing Out", also commonly known as people with a mental issue of managing time and activities, many expecting others to fit into their schedule so they don't miss out on things to come. If FOMO becomes a problem for you, do seek help, it can be a very unhealthy lifestyle..
Man it is never that you take from the state what you have put in - because then whole system would be pointless and obsolete. You either pay for others' expenses or others' pay for your expenses and that payment is forced so either you pay state robbers to extort money from people or you are being extorted.
Stadiums, concert halls and stuff can be easily funded by private investors to make profit out of them not to host some artists that actually the government likes.
I'd rather like if nobody took my hard earned money from me and I would never want to take others' money to pay for my living. If I would be in dire need then it's my responsibility to cover that situation - either by having friends and family or paying private insurances not the state which will put me in prison if I don't want to pay for some junkies social welfare.
S.H.