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Sweden: 'No Apartments, No Jobs, No Shopping Without a Gun' [Chickens coming home to roost alert!]
Gatestone Institute ^ | 10/3/15 | Ingrid Cariqvist

Posted on 10/03/2015 5:26:36 AM PDT by markomalley

The week after the double murder at IKEA in Västerås, where a man from Eritrea who had been denied asylum grabbed some knives and stabbed Carola and Emil Herlin to death, letters and emails poured into the offices of Swedish Prime Minister (PM) Stefan Löfven. Angry, despondent and desperate Swedes have pled with the Social Democratic PM to stop filling the country with criminal migrants from the Third World or, they write, there is a serious risk of hatred running rampant in Sweden. One woman suggested that because the Swedish media will not address these issues, Löfven should start reading foreign newspapers, and wake up to the fact that Sweden is sinking fast.

Carola Herlin, Director of the Moro Backe Health Center, was murdered on August 10, along with her son, in the IKEA store in Västerås, Sweden.

During the last few decades, Swedes have had to get used to the government (left and right wing parties alike) prioritizing refugees and migrants above native Swedes. The high tax level (the average worker pays 42% income tax) was been accepted in the past, because people knew that if they got sick, or when they retired or otherwise needed government aid, they would get it.

Now, Swedes see the welfare system failing them. More and more senior citizens fall into the "indigent" category; close to 800,000 of Sweden's 2.1 million retirees, despite having worked their whole lives, are forced to live on between 4,500 and 5,500 kronor ($545 - $665) a month. Meanwhile, seniors who immigrate to Sweden receive the so-called "elderly support subsidy" -- usually a higher amount -- even though they have never paid any taxes in Sweden.

Worse, in 2013 the government decided that people staying in the country illegally have a right to virtually free health and dental care. So while the destitute Swedish senior citizen must choose between paying 100,000 kronor ($12,000) to get new teeth or living toothless, a person who does not even have the right to stay in Sweden can get his teeth fixed for 50 kronor ($6).

The injustice, the housing shortage, the chaos surrounding refugee housing units and the sharp slide of Swedish students in PISA tests -- all these changes have caused the Swedes to become disillusioned. The last straw was that Prime Minister Löfven had nothing to say about the murders at IKEA.

Gatestone Institute contacted to the Swedish government, to obtain emails sent to the Prime Minister concerning the IKEA murders. According to the "principle of public access to official documents," all Swedes have the right to study public documents kept by authorities -- with no questions asked about one's identity or purpose. The government, however, was clearly less than enthusiastic about sharing the emails: It took a full month of reminders and phone calls before they complied with the request.

What follows are excerpts from emails sent from private citizens to Prime Minister Stefan Löfven:

From Mattias, a social worker and father of four, "a dad who wants my kids to grow up in Sweden the way I had the good fortune of doing, without explosions, hand grenades, car fires, violence, rape and murder at IKEA":

"Hi Stefan. I am a 43-year-old father of four, who is trying to explain to my children, ages 6-16, what is going on in Sweden. I am sad to say that you and your party close your eyes to what is happening in Sweden. All the things that are happening [are] due to the unchecked influx from abroad. You are creating a hidden hatred in Sweden. We are dissatisfied with the way immigration is handled in Sweden, from asylum housing to school issues. And it takes so long to get a job, many people give up before they even get close. Mattias"

Marcus, 21, wrote:

"Hi Stefan, I am one of the people who voted for you. I live in Helsingborg, still with my parents because there are no apartments available. I can see where I live that as soon as an old person moves out, eight foreigners immediately move in: they just bypass us young, Swedish people in line. With all that is going on in Sweden ­-- rapes, robberies, the IKEA murders and so on -- why aren't non-Swedes sent back to their countries when they commit crimes? Of course we should help refugees, but they should be the right kind of refugees. ... I'm sorry to say this, Stefan, but the Sweden Democrats should be allowed to rule for four years and remove the people who do not abide by the laws, and who murder or destroy young women's lives. It is horrible, I have a job that pays poorly because there are no jobs. Sweden has more people than jobs."

Peter wrote:

"Esteemed Prime Minister. I am writing to you because I am very worried about the development in Swedish society. I am met daily by news of shootings, exploding hand grenades/bombs, beatings, rapes and murders. This is our Sweden, the country that, when you and I grew up, was considered one of the safest in the world.

"You, in your role as Prime Minister, have a responsibility to protect everyone in the land, regardless of whether they were born here or not. Unfortunately, I can see that you are not taking your responsibility seriously. I follow the news daily, and despite our now having suffered another act of madness, this time against a mother and son at IKEA, I do not see any commitment from you? ...

"You should emphatically condemn the violent developments we see in this country, allocate resources to the police, customs and district attorneys to slow and fight back (not just build levees and overlook) criminal activity."

Sebastian wrote:

"Hi Stefan! After reading about the horrible deed at IKEA in Västerås, I am now wondering what you are going to do to make me feel safe going to stores and on the streets of Sweden. What changes will there be to make sure this never happens again? Will immigration really continue the same way?"

Benny wrote:

"Hi, I'm wondering, why is the government quiet about such an awful incident? The whole summer has been characterized by extreme violence, shootings, knifings and explosions. The government needs to take vigorous action so we can feel safe."

Laila's subject line reads: "Is it supposed to be like this?"

"Are we supposed to go outside without arming ourselves? Rape after rape occurs and no one is doing anything about it. I was born and raised in Vårby Gård, but seven years ago, we had to move because we couldn't take the dogs out in the evenings due to the non-Europeans driving on the sidewalks. If you didn't move out of the way, they would jump out of the car and hit you. If you called the police, they do nothing -- in a suburb of Stockholm. When my brother told some of these men off, a rocket (the kind you use at New Year's) appeared in his mailbox. You can imagine how loud the blast was. Women and girls are raped by these non-European men, who come here claiming they are unaccompanied children, even though they are grown men....

"It is easy to get weapons today, I wonder if that is what we Swedes need to do, arm ourselves to dare to go shopping. Well, now I am getting to what happened at a major department store: Two people were killed and not just killed, there is talk online of beheading.

"The Prime Minister will not say a word, but resources are allocated to asylum housings, a slap in the face for the relatives who just had two of their kin slain. Swedish newspapers will not say a word, but fortunately, there are foreign newspapers that tell the truth. We Swedes can't change apartments, we live five people in three bedrooms. Two of us are unemployed, looking, looking and looking for work. The only option is employment agencies. I'm 50 years old, on part-time sick leave because of two chronic illnesses, I cannot run around from one place to another. But more and more asylum seekers keep coming in. There are no apartments, no jobs, we don't dare go shopping anymore, but we're supposed to think everything's great.

"Unfortunately, I believe the Prime Minister needs to start reading foreign newspaper to find out that Sweden is going under. I found out that the mass immigration costs billions every year, and the only thing the immigrants do is smoke waterpipes in places like Vårby Gård. This is happening in other places too, of course. Now it's starting to spread; you will see that in the opinion polls, next time they are published. Soon, all Swedes will vote for the Sweden Democrats. They are getting more and more supporters every day.

"You Cabinet Ministers do not live in the exposed areas, you live in your fancy residential neighborhoods, with only Swedish neighbors. It should be obligatory for all politicians to live for at least three months in an area consisting mostly of immigrants, the car should be taken from you so you'd have to use public transport. ... After three months, you would see my point.

"I am scared stiff of what is happening in this country. What will the government do about this?"

Anders wrote:

"Hi Stefan, why don't you, as our Prime Minister, react more against all the violence that is escalating in our country? [Such as] the double murder at IKEA in Västerås. Add to that the bombings and other things happening in Malmö. Instead of torchlight processions against racism, we need a Prime Minister who speaks out against the violence, who says that it's wrong no matter which ethnic group is behind it or at the receiving end of it.

"Because all the people living in Sweden are Swedish, right? A torchlight procession against racism only highlights the fact that it's immigrants committing these crimes. What we need now is a clear signal from our popularly elected [officials] that violence needs to stop now. Sweden is supposed to be a haven away from violence.

"I'm asking you as our Prime Minister, take a stand against the violence. Unite everyone in Sweden into one group and do not make it a racism thing."

Some of the people received a reply from Carl-Johan Friman, of the Government Offices Communications Unit; others have not received any reply at all. A typical response goes:

"Thank you for your email to Prime Minister Stefan Löfven. I've been asked to reply and confirm that your email has reached the Prime Minister's Office and is now available for the Prime Minister and his staff. It is of course not acceptable that people should be exposed to violence and criminal activities in their everyday life. Many efforts are made to counteract violence, and quite correctly, this needs to be done without pitting groups against each other. Thank you for taking the time to write and share your views, they are important in shaping government policies."

Gatestone Institute contacted Laila, one of the people who emailed, and asked her if she was satisfied with the answer she got. Laila replied:

"No, I'm not satisfied with the answer, because they didn't even respond to what I was talking about. In all honesty, I don't even feel they see the problems. They're talking about what it looks like when they have their meetings, but there's no one in those meetings who can tell them what real life looks like. It feels like the answer I got was just a bunch of nonsense. They understand that people are scared. They talk about demonstrating against racism; they seem to be completely lost. The politicians do not understand how things work in Swedish society, because they live in their safe, snug neighborhoods where things are quiet. But a lot of Swedes are forced to live in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods, because they cannot afford an apartment somewhere else."

The anger at the government's non-reaction to the IKEA-murders also led to a demonstration at Sergels Torg, Stockholm's main public square, on September 15. Hundreds of protesters demanded the government's resignation, and held a minute of silence for the slain mother and son, Carola and Emil Herlin. The organizers plan to hold similar protests every month throughout Sweden.

Ingrid Carlqvist, a journalist and author based in Sweden, is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Gatestone institute.



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KEYWORDS: arabspring; hijrah; invasion; islam; jihad; sweden
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To: exit82

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21 posted on 10/03/2015 6:00:37 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: markomalley
Worse, in 2013 the government decided that people staying in the country illegally have a right to virtually free health and dental care. So while the destitute Swedish senior citizen must choose between paying 100,000 kronor ($12,000) to get new teeth or living toothless, a person who does not even have the right to stay in Sweden can get his teeth fixed for 50 kronor ($6).

Why are people crazy?

22 posted on 10/03/2015 6:03:03 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: SaveFerris

Saw it, Thanks.


23 posted on 10/03/2015 6:03:21 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: exit82

Thank you, and thanks for the warning.


24 posted on 10/03/2015 6:04:05 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: All
Swedish women and girls are raped by the refugees, who claim they
are "unaccompanied children," even though they are grown men....

Same thing happened in Massachusetts when vote-crazed Obama dumped "unaccompanied minors" into the US (their parents stayed out of sight---waiting to slip across the border).

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Last fall, thousands surrounded the Mass State House protesting the
border onslaught. Uber-liberal Mass taxpayers were understandably upset:

Adult illegals, swarming the border, trucked into Mass, were posing as "unaccompanied alien children," and were attempting to enroll in Mass public high schools.

“Some of them had gray hair, saying they’re 17 years old, and have no documentation,” said the Lynn mayor’s office. School policy is to check w/ family----who confirmed at least one HS enrollee was a 35-year old adult.

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REALITY CHECK Gray-haired Guatemalan men enrolling in Mass high schools.....more like drug lords infiltrating schools---planning to set up lifelong lucrative businesses getting kids addicted......giving out free samples. Could also be sex traffickers --- lining up kiddies for johns (and for pedophiles) who pay big bucks to get ahold of the little white darlings.

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RUBBER-STAMPED INTO THE US BY OBAMA It has been verified that the border-jumpers from 144 antediluvian dirt-poor, disease-ridden countries, are carriers of TB, Ebola,Chikungunya, Dengue fever, Norovirus. Hantavirus, Swine flu, Varicella. Variola, E-coli.......and childhood diseases America stamped out years ago.

The Obama admin has kept secret:

<><> the medical conditions of minors dumped on US schools....

<><> the contagion status of contaminated US border-holding facilities...

Going into the 2014 midterms, organized latino pressure groups were heaping scorn upon taxpaying Americans opposed to Obama's E/O----the pressure groups were threatening Republicans with extinction---saying the latino vote was going to destroy them.

REALITY CHECK: 2014 midterm was a tsunami that submerged DEMOCRATS in waves of defeat. Democrats who ran on amnesty were soundly defeated. Fox's Britt Hume said the latino vote was not even a factor. Republicans won historic one-for-the-books elections---from sea to shining sea.

25 posted on 10/03/2015 6:08:10 AM PDT by Liz
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To: markomalley

The Politicians thought they had cover for their Socialist Utopia’s which were faltering before the Muzzie invasion. But the winds have shifted, while the Socialist sheep were ok with letting the vermin in initially, that has changed with recent polling. Too late for the Politicos to pivot, elections will get ugly for the left.


26 posted on 10/03/2015 6:08:47 AM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

“Epidemic mass hysteria.” —Invasion of The Body Snatchers (1956)


27 posted on 10/03/2015 6:16:33 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: markomalley

We and most of the West have become very sick societies.


28 posted on 10/03/2015 6:18:24 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: markomalley

Sweden like near all Europe have all but surrendered, they will soon be confronted with either convert to islam, embrace sharia law, or die.

They could decide to fight and live, but I don’t see that happening, they have for all intents and purposes already surrendered, where there is no will there is no way of escape.


29 posted on 10/03/2015 6:26:53 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: markomalley

Swedes need to take matter into their own hands. It’s obvious the government has failed them, and it’s time to administer street justice.


30 posted on 10/03/2015 6:28:02 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Bush [the 90s rock band] for POTUS 2016!!!)
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To: markomalley
"I am scared stiff of what is happening in this country. What will the government do about this?"

Still clueless. It the government that is causing this, sweetie.

31 posted on 10/03/2015 6:30:42 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: markomalley

“Worse, in 2013 the government decided that people staying in the country illegally have a right to virtually free health and dental care.”

REP. GUTIÉRREZ INTRODUCES BILL TO OPEN OBAMACARE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/30/rep-gutierrez-introduces-bill-open-obamacare-illegal-immigrants/

Bernie Sanders tells Latino lawmakers: Undocumented immigrants should benefit from Obamacare

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/01/bernie-sanders-tells-latino-lawmakers-undocumented-immigrants-should-benefit-from-obamacare/

California Senate Votes To Open Up Obamacare To 2.5 Million Illegal Residents

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlaszewski2/2015/07/21/california-senate-votes-to-open-up-obamacare-to-2-5-million-illegal-residents/


32 posted on 10/03/2015 6:32:57 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: markomalley

The stupid and the moronic on parade we have many of them here also


33 posted on 10/03/2015 6:37:18 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: markomalley; WesternCulture

I thought of WesternCulture when saw this post but it appears he (she) hasn’t posted since mid-June.


34 posted on 10/03/2015 6:39:20 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: markomalley

Europeans are SO SENSITIVE and SUCH WHINERS. An epidemic of rapes and murders is the LEAST they can tolerate when it comes to giving millions of fighting-aged men a NEW CHANCE to live in a new society - one that doesn’t fight back.

So it’s time that Europeans LEARNED SOME TOLERANCE. I am so sick of their hatred and bigotry regarding their new arrivals...they need to be ashamed of themselves and probably jailed - or they will NEVER understand.


35 posted on 10/03/2015 6:58:18 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: markomalley

Welcome to Sweden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KSJY0c8QWw

Yet Another Swedish Rape Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnqG9XAoseU


36 posted on 10/03/2015 7:18:47 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: markomalley

Why We Are Afraid, A 1400 Year Secret, by Dr Bill Warner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y


37 posted on 10/03/2015 7:21:03 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: markomalley; Lucy Hamilton; ScaniaBoy; Eurotwit
Interesting Read for you all Ping.

What do you think?

38 posted on 10/03/2015 8:03:00 AM PDT by KC_Lion (This Millennial is for Cruz!)
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To: markomalley; All
It's so very sad to see the unique, charming cultures of countries like Sweden, France and England being destroyed by the invasion and colonization of the 7th century, ignorant savage Muslims.
39 posted on 10/03/2015 8:25:27 AM PDT by patriot08 (4th geneneration Texam (girl type))
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To: patriot08

Saddest of all, it’s entirely voluntary. The people of Europe need to revolt. It’s their only hope before it’s too late.


40 posted on 10/03/2015 8:29:09 AM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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