Sweden's Social Welfare System Up Close
In the US, most social welfare recipients are lower income people. Economists are noticing, that in Sweden, quite the opposite is true. From high school principals, to city mayors, to healthcare officials, everyone is finding themselves as welfare beneficiaries. Sweden makes it a point to build an aid system where everyone contributes and everyone benefits.
Studies reveal that public schooling is free, school lunches are free, and university and post-graduate studies are free. These are benefits that are not at all available in the United States. Another outstanding benefit they receive through their omniscient social welfare system is a pension for retirement so citizens do not have to save up before they plan to retire. These advantages are things the US never sees and probably never will see.
The reason Sweden and the US are so different stems from the amount of tax money being given to the government. The people of Sweden understand the benefits that will come from the amount of taxes. This is something the United States, in my opinion, will never be able to understand. They will always live in the fear of taxes and forever miss out on the benefits that could occur.
I agree with you that this system works because the citizens are well informed. I also think that this system would never work in the U.S. economy.
ReplyDeleteI feel as if Sweden will sometimes mislead its people into what they want them to know, rather than what is really going on in the country. But don't get me wrong the good old USA does this too but i feel we inform our peopl much better than they do.
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