Poor people should be taxed at a Swedish rate of 60% since they're more likely to be using some sort of social service
Uper middle class the wealthy and uber wealthy should be flat taxed at 12%
Overall though, he says, 'Swedes are very attached to the idea of the state as the People's Home. Everyone in society is under the same roof, everyone will be protected. Sweden is now a more diverse society, but this idea still persists.'
And Swedes are well provided for. Year after year Save the Children puts it at the top its league of countries where it is best to be a mother; the country is sixth on the UN Development Programme's human development index (the UK is 16th); and Unicef ranks it second in its table of child wellbeing in rich countries. Maybe Sweden proves that it's worth paying high taxes.
Gwladys Fouché discovers that in Sweden high tax rates underpin a successful society
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