I’ve mentioned this before, but I still can’t wrap my head around it.

The more I work and the higher my salary gets, the more tax I have to pay — both in absolute kronor and as a percentage.

Meanwhile, in Sweden, if you commit a crime you always get a reduced sentence. If you’re released pending trial (which is common), any additional crimes you commit during that time are erased, because you’re only convicted for the most serious crime. In practice, you can commit quite a few crimes “for free” as long as they don’t carry a higher penalty.

Criminals know this system very well and take full advantage of it.

So we’ve created two parallel systems: Hard-working, responsible people are punished with higher taxes the more successful they become. Criminals are rewarded with penalty discounts the more they offend.

This is what you get after the Social Democrats have governed Sweden for 82 of the last 100 years: The harder you work and the more responsibility you take — the more you get punished. The more crimes you commit — the more discounts you receive.

Well done, Sweden. Truly a system to be proud of.

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