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re: Sweden is the No. 1 country for affordability, safety and overall quality of life

Posted on 9/19/23 at 12:04 am to
Posted by Flyin'Cajun
Wiregrass, AL
Member since Dec 2011
959 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 12:04 am to
I’m sure it’s great, for a number of reasons. But aren’t the citizens taxed ridiculously? Hell, even worse than we are? Like, a normal working class family can’t even afford a modest vehicle. Due to the taxes. Seems I’ve read that before.

On the plus side….I’m sure there aren’t many car jackings.
This post was edited on 9/19/23 at 12:05 am
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14176 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 12:38 am to
You can change almost everything about Scandinavia by simply introducing a particular people to their general population.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 9/19/23 at 5:07 am to
That list is white af
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
15139 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 5:39 am to
These quality of life ratings are always stupid. It’s all about what’s included in the rating.
Posted by Bard
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Member since Oct 2008
52036 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 6:15 am to
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Diversity has NOTHING to do with it,


When 75% of your rapes are committed by immigrants, it does.

People of one culture mass-immigrating to an area with a largely different culture tend to band together. The larger the group, the more insulating it does against their acclimation to the local culture. Having two different cultures in such close proximity can cause conflict.

So there has been a lengthy round of mass-immigration into a culture which sees violent crime as nearly taboo and sees men and women as more equal. The cultures mass-immigrating into this culture have a deep and rich history of being violent as well as seeing women in a far more subservient role than the host culture.

Oddly, part of the culture in Sweden is to consider some things too sensitive to research without government permission. LINK

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Professor Kristina Sundquist, Lund University, Sweden and two of her colleagues are facing prosecution by the Board of Appeal for ethical review, a body that reports to the Swedish Ministry of Education. The reason behind the investigation initiated by the body is the research paper that was submitted by Sundquist that shows most rapes that happened in Sweden were committed by immigrants.

The body would not investigate whether Sundquist and the co-author of the paper, Professor Ardavan Khoshnood, were given “ethical license” to handle “sensitive data” on the ethnicity of the criminals accused of rape in the country. Interestingly, the aim of the study was not to target any group or community but to find out common denominators like health issues, social and employment status among perpetrators. The results were, according to Khoshnood, surprising for the team as well.

Reports suggest that the ethical authority is aiming to issue some sort of punishment to the authors of the paper. In a statement, the body said, “I don’t see anywhere that ethical permission is sought to test the hypothesis if immigrants are overrepresented in statistics on convicted rapists. The scientists were also criticized for insufficient evaluation as they failed to indicate how their research should “reduce exclusion and improve integration.”

Notably, Sundquist is the most cited professor at the university regarding social research. Sadly, she would face an investigation for publishing an allegedly “unauthorized research report”. She may face prosecution for the conclusion of her study that shows that the majority of the rapes were committed by immigrants to the country.


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Sundquist mentioned in a statement that immigrant status was merely a variable. She said, “Immigrants were just a variable, and it turned out to be quite a remarkable discovery as there were many immigrants and foreign-born people in this group.”

During the data analysis, the researchers found that out of 3,039 offenders included in the study, 59.2 per cent were immigrants. Out of these, 47.7 per cent were born outside Sweden. The researchers recommended further investigating the higher number of immigrants indulging in sexual crimes and taking contextual characteristics of these offenders into account during further studies.

The paper also pointed out the fact that the majority of sexual crimes go unreported. The data taken from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention showed that around 23,200 sexual crimes were reported in 2019. Out of these, 38 per cents were rapes and aggravated rapes. The annual Swedish Crime Survey of 2019 put an estimate that 5.6 per cent of the total population between the ages of 16 and 84 had been victims of sexual crimes.

The study further suggested 9.4 per cent of females and 1.4 per cent of males have reported they were victims of sexual crimes. Notably, between 2008 and 2018, the cases of rape increased by 45.4 per cent. According to the data available, the number of offenders found guilty of sexual offences has been stable since 2008. However, since 2009, the rate of cases solved by the Police has gone down to 31 per cent 2009. In 2016, only 11 per cent of such cases were solved.

Sundquist’s study noted that while 47.7 per cent of offenders were born outside Sweden, 11.5 per cent had at least one parent born outside the country. 40.8 per cent of the offenders were born in Sweden. Among those who were born in Sweden but their parents were born outside, 40.7 per cent had mothers born in Western countries while 33.9 per cent had fathers born in Western countries. 19.8 per cent of the offenders had mothers from the Middle East/North Africa, while the same for fathers stood at 24 per cent.

Of the offenders who were born outside Sweden, 34.5 per cent were from the Middle East/North Africa and 19.1 per cent from Africa. Several studies had been conducted in the past they aligned with the current results. Though such studies were not common, none had been threatened with prosecution in the past.


To think such diversity has nothing to do with crime in this instance is to blindly ignore reality.
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
24982 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 6:23 am to
I work with someone from Sweden. He's a chemist.

He has said people in Sweden who accept govt payments are viewed as thieves, and it is shameful to accept govt handouts.

Sound quite different than here.
This post was edited on 9/19/23 at 10:40 am
Posted by GurleyGirl
Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
13184 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 6:30 am to
All of those nations have something in common.
Posted by Fat Harry
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Member since Mar 2005
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Posted on 9/19/23 at 6:42 am to
Of course quality of life in Europe is outstanding. One culture per country and, for the most part, everyone swims in the same direction.
Posted by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32966 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 7:05 am to
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Can you break down the tax brackets, please?

This is the response to the laundry list of benefits provided by the government

Americans are so cucked his pathetic, they get taxed out the ears and don’t expect anything in return.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
67051 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 7:11 am to
when did you move out of the States again?
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 9/19/23 at 7:59 am to
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I work with someone from Sweden. He's a chemist.

He has said people in Sweden who accept govt payments are viewed as theives, and it is shameful to accept govt handouts.

Sound quite different than here.


And vastly different from the mindset/culture of many of those who have immigrated there over the last decade.
Posted by Hellp
Member since May 2023
29 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:04 am to
Sweden has a big immigration problem. I wouldn’t want to live in that diversity.
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
14266 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:55 am to
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52.5% income tax rate.
25% sales tax rate.


Holy shite!!!
Posted by Grievous Angel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Dec 2008
9734 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:05 am to
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All protected by the United States military forces which frees up a shite ton of cash for their social programs.


Maybe we shouldn't be doing that.

I'm against student loan forgiveness, universal healthcare, or anything else that gives the feds more power and/or runs up our debt further.

But we spend STUPID amounts of money on the military industrial complex. Maybe we could put some of that excess to better use.
Posted by jroy64
Alexandria
Member since Mar 2023
144 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:17 am to
now do tax rates
Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
4816 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 9:19 am to
What is the majority group of people?
Posted by jrodLSUke
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Posted on 9/19/23 at 10:12 am to
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For example, Sweden’s top personal income tax rate of 52.3 per cent is comparable to America’s top rate of 50.3 per cent (in California), but Sweden’s top rate applies to income starting at roughly US$62,000 compared to America’s top rate, which kicks in at between roughly US$535,000 and US$1 million depending on the state. Clearly, the top personal income tax rate in Sweden applies to many average Swedish workers and families.

Moreover, Sweden’s national sales tax rate (25 per cent) is one of the highest in the industrialized world, which again applies to average workers and families. The U.S. has no national sales tax, and state and local sales taxes range from zero in four states to 9.55 per cent in Louisiana. And Sweden also has a comparatively high payroll tax rate at 31.4 per cent.

The consequence of Sweden’s tax policies is clear—average Swedes bear the burden of higher government spending.


TLDR:
52% Income Tax
25% Sales Tax
31% Payroll Tax

Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
67051 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 12:17 pm to
but…..free stuff!
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
29843 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 12:36 pm to
quote:

For example, Sweden’s top personal income tax rate of 52.3 per cent is comparable to America’s top rate of 50.3 per cent (in California), but Sweden’s top rate applies to income starting at roughly US$62,000 compared to America’s top rate, which kicks in at between roughly US$535,000 and US$1 million depending on the state. Clearly, the top personal income tax rate in Sweden applies to many average Swedish workers and families.
Fraiserinstitute
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145464 posts
Posted on 9/19/23 at 12:41 pm to
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All protected by the United States military forces which frees up a shite ton of cash for their social programs
new zealand and switzerland have no military alliance with the US and finland and Sweden didnt have one until like 3 months ago
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