Many people are deceived with the supposed efficiency of the Swedish socialist system and the supposed high standards of living in that country. Sweden is a failed socialist model as in the case of any socialist model and their standards of living is not as good as in the US, not even close. Thanks God we live in America.
I lived in Sweden for almost four years, and was virtually "un-hireable". It was very easy to get funds from the government (I was there because I had been married to a Volvo engineer and was there for "six months" but then he wanted to seperate, and keep me and my kids from leaving the country--six years later, two run in's with the US State Department, and a costly federal court case, I have FINALLY been"allowed" to keep my kids in the home country of their birth.
While in Sweden, I had to go to an immigrant school, where I was virtually the only westerner. Immigrants are really "ghettoized" (not me, as I was married to a Swede, and looked more "Swedish" than he does) and there are rules about speaking the language before you can be hired. It sucked (in a nutshell).
I had to go to the emergency room one time with a horrific kidney infection (I have kidney disease) and though I couldn't walk and was urinating blood, I was told that my wait time was something to the tune of eighteen to twenty-four hours. I asked if I would be helped faster if I was unconscious, but was not rewarded with an affirmative answer. Luckily, a friend of a friend had a stepfather who was a doctor and I got a prescription written (I needed antibiotics quickly!) after waiting for two hours (gotta love the cell phone!) and left, vowing NEVER to go back. The thing is; medical care is "free" (sixty percent of taxes free!) but at the convenience of the government. My kids got postcards with the dates of their appointments at the kommun doctor, and I really think that at least one out of every three was postponed the day of, with about a half hour's notice. When I hear dem's spout on about "universal healthcare" I know that my emergency room fiasco would be repeated indefinitely! It makes me CRAZY!!!
The majority of my friends were members of the moderate party, and their plan was to break the system from within; try to get welfare aid for any little thing, work as few hours as possible and "milk the system" in order for it to tumble. Pretty scummy, I know, but. . .
Don't even get me started on the standard of living!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
SOCIALISM SUCKS B*TT!