Sweden
Over $2100 = tax rate of 31%
Over $55,000 = tax rate of 51%
Then with whatever you have left over you get to add a 25%VAT when you spend it.
That does not leave those kiddies with much money left for rent and food. Dining out 3 nights a week isn't going to happen.
As the OP article says, while the Nordic Nations are not socialist but capitalist, their heavy social welfare burdens are beyond what most Americans could or would bear.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
As the OP article says, while the Nordic Nations are not socialist but capitalist, their heavy social welfare burdens are beyond what most Americans could or would bear.
They also have some faith in their government to use their tax money wisely.
The US government has continuously has shown itself to be corrupt and wasteful.
They also have some faith in their government to use their tax money wisely.
The US government has continuously has shown itself to be corrupt and wasteful.
I think that has a lot to do with the homogeneity of their nations. They're all Norwegians or all Swedes etc, or were, and so they know and trust what each other will do.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler