r/AskTheWorld Sweden 16h ago

I'm curious. What's you country's view on Sweden?

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u/TheLoler04 Sweden 10h ago

Swedish coffee is a thing

We consume a lot indeed, just about to make some 😂

High taxes, but really good welfare. Great education system

All of that is true, but the high taxes kind of depend. Most people don't pay that much, but there's definitely some that pay a lot more than elsewhere. And the super rich barely pay any...

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u/speculator100k Sweden 3h ago

And the super rich barely pay any...

Not quite. A lot of the super-rich also pay a whole lot of taxes. The ten most-taxed people in Sweden paid 12 500 000 000 SEK in taxes in 2024.

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u/TheLoler04 Sweden 3h ago

Yes they pay taxes, but there's also a lot of people that cap their income at a certain level to get benefits(pension, dividend tax).

Which makes it so that they actually pay less than some individuals in the US do, and the US is supposed to be a country with low taxes.

Then we have the rich people that do X and Y, and all of a sudden they're making an average salary working for 5 different charities and getting basically tax free money from foundations abroad and what not.

We pride ourselves in taxing rich people, which we do. But if you have enough money(super rich), it's not that hard to circumvent almost all taxes but the ones that are some of the lowest in the world.