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I think you're confusing income and standard of living. The Swedish have a very high standard of living, from everything I've seen when I've visited it's compa
by Tyrannosaurs 16y ago
I think you're confusing income and standard of living.
The Swedish have a very high standard of living, from everything I've seen when I've visited it's comparable to the USA.
It's described by that famous pro-Swedish anti-American body the CIA as "enviable" in their world factbook and the UN Standard of living survey places them around 5th (the USA is around 10th - both vary year by year but not the order they come in).
Even were your suggestion true, it's as much about the legal protection you have in Sweden to go back to your job. Try 18 months out of work in the USA and I'm guessing that you might find getting back into the work place (particularly in IT where your skills are now rusty and dated) harder than you might think.
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- Tyrannosaurs 16y agoAll I'm saying is that the original post which talks about standard of living and then backs it up with income figures is incorrect but I don't mention spending at all (though the original poster does seem to imply their interchangeable I don't comment on that). As it goes I'd entirely agree with you that many people could lower their income and / or expenditure without impacting their standard of living and / or happiness.
- ptomato 16y agoThat's an incredibly mature edit. [User was dmm, unsure what original post was but he edited it to read "Reply to this if you're a nazi"]
- yummyfajitas 16y agoIt's true, when I said "standard of living", I simply meant "consumption". "Standard of living" is a fairly nebulous and poorly defined concept. I should have been more specific about what I meant. Thanks for pointing that out. I've edited my post to reflect this.