From what I gather they heavily tax the individuals but not the corporations, so that the corporations remain competitive and thus create jobs and keep people employed.
The basis of this taxing scheme is that you can’t be trusted to spend and save your money wisely, so we’ll take half of it, provide you with some essential basics that you on your own would not prioritize (stuff like education, health care, unemployment insurance, etc.) and leave you the other 50% to spend as you wish.
Not socialism, but a nanny state. It can work if you have a conscientious population and administration that’s not out to game the system, which may have been the case with native Swedes, but I’m not sure how it’ll work out as the invaders become a big chunk of the population.
I think I know.
Exactly! Direct taxation from the individuals for the Nanny State. Skin in the game so to speak. best in homogeneous cultures where everyone works.
The Socialist tell the folks they can get someone else to pay the bills for you but soon find they cannot squeeze blood from a turnip. Fails every time
However, we manage to TAX corporations who merely consider it yet another cost of producing the final product and add that tax (along with the cost of monitoring it) along to the final consumer.
Think 3 Card Monte.