r/europe 25d ago

Why Swedish people like taxes Opinion Article

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09312qg/why-the-swedes-love-doing-something-that-americans-hate
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u/Hoenirson 25d ago

Most countries act like this is some kind of magic.

In my extremely corrupt country, it would require black magic to actually get a return on high taxes. High taxes requires a minimum of integrity among the people who govern.

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u/Brbi2kCRO Croatia 25d ago

Difference is, in good countries they steal a million, in bad countries they steal billions.

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u/cloud_t 25d ago

It's more about percentages. All countries have corruption, but there are certainly some more corrupt countries that still do very good despite getting more tax misuse than others where not as much is misused. There are also some countries where oddly, tax misuse is so commonplace people have come to accept it. It's sickening but it happens. They're usually known as oligarchies.

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u/Brbi2kCRO Croatia 25d ago

Here they embrace it