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The biggest immigrant group in Sweden is from Finland. Finnish, Polish and German immigrants account for about 1/3 of Sweden's immigration -- countries who have average household incomes pretty much in line with Sweden's. That would be like if 1/3 of the United States immigrants came from Quebec.
The countries that send the most immigrants to the United States are far more poor, like Mexico, China, India, Philippines, etc. -- where the average household income is 10% or less than that of the US.
This is what matters. We're importing poverty from around the world -- Sweden is not.
This is patently false. According to the Svenska Migrationsverket 64.5% of Swedish immigrants are from outside the EU. These immigrants come from Syria, Eritrea, Iraq, Pakistan, and Somalia, some of the poorest countries in the world.
Those EU immigrants come mostly from Poland, the Baltics, and the Balkans. All of those areas are significantly poorer than Sweden. And then a small percentage comes from Finland.
First, the link has been pretty well debunked so the initial argument is no longer valid.
Second, as it always happens, they all get lumped in together....
Lumping them all together is simply ignorant. I'm sorry really no excuse. Someone who does not have the ability to differentiate between Sweden and Switzerland simply should not be discussing Swedish politics.
Furthermore, in the last elections the anti-immigration party only won 13% of the vote. The remaining 87% of the vote went to parties that support the asylum seekers from Vänsterpartiet to Moderata samlingspartiet.
A cursory glance at Swedish newspapers would tell you this, but I suppose you've been reading Swiss newspapers, instead. Though I get the feeling French or German isn't in your wheelhouse.
As is comparing a country of 10 million with one of 320 million especially when using bogus made up numbers.
Not really. Plenty of scalable metrics the vast majority of academics across various disciplines believe are valid tools from comparing OECD countries in areas such as governance and economic policy.
For example, you stated all of "these" countries are the same, yet Sweden has twice the population of Norway, and Germany has nearly 9 times the population of Sweden, yet, they are constantly compared. Theoretically, the US has only four times the population of Germany so yes comparisons can indeed be made.
The argument you are making is not only intellectually lazy, but debunked by the vast amount of academic literature on topics such as governance, gender equality, and economics. It would be less appropriate to compare India and the US for instance, than the US to Sweden, who are both representative democracies with private ownership structures, that have highly developed infrastructure and education systems, not to mention both have representative government systems.
Sweden has a corporate tax rate at 22% and 59.9% Individual tax rate:
since you liberals love Sweden so much, why don't you sell a 22% corporate tax rate and a 60% individual tax rate and see how many elections liberals win.
and by the way genius, the U.S. has 50 states with different cost of living. Most of the cities in the U.S. are cheaper than Sweden.
Consumer Prices in Stockholm are 31.55% higher than in Salt Lake City, UT Consumer Prices Including Rent in Stockholm are 25.60% higher than in Salt Lake City, UT Rent Prices in Stockholm are 13.13% higher than in Salt Lake City, UT Restaurant Prices in Stockholm are 56.82% higher than in Salt Lake City, UT Groceries Prices in Stockholm are 15.75% higher than in Salt Lake City, UT Local Purchasing Power in Stockholm is 30.79% lower than in Salt Lake City, UT
Rent Prices in Stockholm are 129.15% higher than in Las Cruces, NM Restaurant Prices in Stockholm are 70.95% higher than in Las Cruces, NM Groceries Prices in Stockholm are 28.39% higher than in Las Cruces, NM
Rent Prices in Stockholm are 43.41% higher than in Albuquerque, NM Restaurant Prices in Stockholm are 49.88% higher than in Albuquerque, NM
Comparing Salt Lake City UT and Las Cruces NM to a cosmopolitan city like Stockholm......
Really....if it was the numbers wouldn't have to be misrepresented like was done in this article.
COL is easily skewed. Stockholm is by far the most expensive part of Sweden and is comparable to New York. Similarly smaller towns such as Norrköping or Nyköping are comparable to smaller American cities and the rural north more comparable to sparsely populated areas in the US.
Is COL cheaper in Sweden than the US? Depends entirely upon where you live. Overall cost of living is difficult to determine for an entire country, but I would say Sweden is generally more expensive, though you get what you pay for.
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