"Unfit fot work- The startling rise of disability in America"

[McGiver]

I often wondered about if America will always be an empire.
Unless we are destroyed by war I bet we will until a one world government takes control in the next century.

I think with the concentration of information that we will always be able to correct our way.  Shit these days are down to a science.  We can learn from others mistakes.

[Queen Victoria]

I often wondered about if America will always be an empire.
Unless we are destroyed by war I bet we will until a one world government takes control in the next century.

I think with the concentration of information that we will always be able to correct our way.  Shit these days are down to a science.  We can learn from others mistakes.

I'm afraid we'll be like most peoples in history and reject the "learn from other's mistakes."  Can = ability, will = action.

[TheoK]

It's no use working in Sweden - my dad has to pay 50000 kronor in tax arrears this year, on top of the quarter of a million kronor or so that he has already paid 

[RageBeoulve]

It's no use working in Sweden - my dad has to pay 50000 kronor in tax arrears this year, on top of the quarter of a million kronor or so that he has already paid 

And why is that? Why so much? Don't you wonder?

[TheoK]

Ah, but it would actually be cheaper for him to give me 100000 kronor/year directly instead of me being on disability, if he didn't have to pay tax.

But it's pretty sick in Sweden: almost 10 million people. 4½ million are retired or on disability.

[RageBeoulve]

Ah, but it would actually be cheaper for him to give me 100000 kronor/year directly instead of me being on disability, if he didn't have to pay tax.

But it's pretty sick in Sweden: almost 10 million people. 4½ million are retired or on disability.

["couldbecousin"]

Ah, but it would actually be cheaper for him to give me 100000 kronor/year directly instead of me being on disability, if he didn't have to pay tax.

But it's pretty sick in Sweden: almost 10 million people. 4½ million are retired or on disability.

  Maybe it's something in the lutefisk? 

[TheoK]

[Scrapheap]

It's no use working in Sweden - my dad has to pay 50000 kronor in tax arrears this year, on top of the quarter of a million kronor or so that he has already paid 

That's damn near how much I make in a year!!!

[El]

Ah, but it would actually be cheaper for him to give me 100000 kronor/year directly instead of me being on disability, if he didn't have to pay tax.

But it's pretty sick in Sweden: almost 10 million people. 4½ million are retired or on disability.

How the fuck do they sustain that?  Is your government flipping the fuck out right now and calling the whole thing a pyramid scheme, or does it all work out OK?

[jman]

It's no use working in Sweden - my dad has to pay 50000 kronor in tax arrears this year, on top of the quarter of a million kronor or so that he has already paid 

Pure socialism does not work. 

[TheoK]

Ah, but it would actually be cheaper for him to give me 100000 kronor/year directly instead of me being on disability, if he didn't have to pay tax.

But it's pretty sick in Sweden: almost 10 million people. 4½ million are retired or on disability.

How the fuck do they sustain that?  Is your government flipping the fuck out right now and calling the whole thing a pyramid scheme, or does it all work out OK?

It has worked this way for many years. The taxes used to be even higher, though. The current government isn't a socialist one, and they try to make as many people as possible to work, sometimes even people who are too sick to work, but if you have an "old" retirement or disability pension, you keep it.

If nothing changes, I think the Swedish welfare systems will collaps within about 20 years or so.

[Al Swearegen]

1 kronor = $0.15 Australian dollar.
100 000 kronors equal about what I paid in taxes last year. Tax is a bastard but a necessary evil.

[TheoK]

100000 kronor is what I get in disability. My dad pays 300000 kronor or more in tax.

[Al Swearegen]

Ah OK. Misread. Tax sucks.