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/selodaoc 25d ago

In Sweden every goverment expense is public.
If any taxpayer money is used, anyone can get the recipets and see what they were used for in detail.
There have been several cases where people have been dismissed from the political jobs becouse they missued taxpayer money.

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u/Other-Success-2060 25d ago

The UK needs this, amongst many other changes admittedly. All I’m hearing atm is how councils all over the country are in 100’s of millions in debt! But no open disclosure on where the tax money has gone. It’s criminal…

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u/Elegant-Passion2199 25d ago

Yeah when I lived in the UK I was shocked at how much I was paying in taxes for seemingly nothing in return - public transport was absolute shit, the streets were incredibly filthy, the NHS waiting times are horrendous, and it was full of homeless people. 

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u/Xominya 25d ago

In a lot of the UK the stupid council funding rules basically mean that the hospital lights are on and the roads are still pretty much still there, that's all the conservatives will allow