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Comment on The 10 best reasons to move to Sweden by swede

swede — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:23:16 +0000

Hi, Im Swedish and have been living here my entire life. I’m studying economics at the moment and just wanted to add that smokers pay more than they should. they contribute with more tax then the healthcare of smokers costs. Count on it and you will see. tobacco and alcohol are actually “good” for the rest of the country’s economy. thats why i smile when i see a smoker. “thanks for paying a part of my tax”…then, you say you dont get anything from the tax you pay. “you are both health and dont need healthcare”. so am I but last monday i was in an accident and had to go by ambulance to hospital and do surgery since i lost all my sensibility in my hand. then im really, really glad i didnt have to pay all the cost. especially since it wasnt my fault that i was hurt. thanks. hope this changed your view on tax a little…

Comment on The 10 best reasons to move to Sweden by Leo

Leo — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:47:29 +0000

Life isn’t valued in money you dog.

Comment on The 10 best reasons to move to Sweden by jason

jason — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:12:20 +0000

it s a bullshit country !!! nothing special , cold people and cold country ,,
to get all the best 10 things you have to run like a crazy
at the end if you don t speak the language it will be a nightmare ,,
most of the swedes are racist in nature even if they don t show it to you because not more that they will pay a fine for it
no jobs , most of the young people are jobless its the one of the first rate in europe almost 20 %.
15000 living in copenhagen
35000 living in oslo
so the wedges suck , in some places like restaurants they pay only 25 kroner per hour
if you don t speak swedish , don t ever think about coming to sweden
it will take more than a year to learn , the language schools suck a lot
at the end sweden work a lot about its image , in reality its not how it looks ,
thanks guys

Comment on The 10 best reasons to move to Sweden by Oneperson

Oneperson — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:47:56 +0000

Extremely difficult?! I would say Swedish is the easiest language to learn out of all the other European languages. Who is to blame that English is a piece of cake? If there is something that I would add to the reasons to move to Sweden is that Swedes are actually very good at speaking English, and are extremely nice to foreigners.

Comment on Sweden darkest on maternity leave map by Amme Bh

Amme Bh — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:56:56 +0000

Hello Sweeden
IN Denmark we also have a cool maternity leave.

Comment on The 10 best reasons to move to Sweden by Blast from the past

Blast from the past — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:24:08 +0000

That’s probably the last place on earth I would want to move to. A place that makes the rich and the most talented people run away. A matriarchy and a sponger’s paradise, great. The freer places, like Switzerland, Singapore and Hong Kong, are a lot more attractive to me. Then again I’m not a woman with children. But if I had children, I would want them to be responsible and not depend on the state.
A socialist society can be made to look good but it usually fails in the long term, making its people poor.

Comment on My truth about tax in Sweden by joe

joe — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:55:04 +0000

Forgot to mention the highest sucicide rate in the world?

Comment on My truth about tax in Sweden by joe

joe — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:49:41 +0000

High taxes and the most boring country on Gods Earth!

Comment on Video tour of Stockholm from Skeppsholmen island by Erik NorCal

Erik NorCal — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:17:10 +0000

Will miss your videos and comments on sweden..Lycka till

Comment on Paternity leave here we come – share your stories by Moey Newbold

Moey Newbold — Tue, 10 May 2011 05:58:09 +0000

I am writing a paper about how family policies in Sweden promote gender equality (as opposed to policies in the U.S.) for a college seminar. Your blog has been really interesting to see what effect these policies have on real people. Thank you for writing!