I can't speak for the entire USA, but here in Illinois, we are acutely burdened by having high crime, large/corrupt government, low income taxes, and a decaying

I can't speak for the entire USA, but here in Illinois, we are acutely burdened by having high crime, large/corrupt government, low income taxes, and a decaying private sector. Here's a great example of the way things work in Illinois. The most powerful man is a man named Mike Madigan, speaker of the Illinois House and Chair of the Illinois Democratic Party. He has a fun little trick that he likes to play on the people he serves by essentially stealing money from us via property tax assessments. The first assessment on any property's taxes in Chicago is generally outrageous. It's like this because he wants you to appeal, because Madigan & Getzendanner is Cook County's largest firm in the commercial and industrial appeals process[1]. And rumor has it, they're also the largest in residential property tax appeals, too. I doubt Sweden's government has such egregious types of government scams. And I'm sure Sweden's government is designed to serve its people, not bleed the powerless dry. [1] https://www.illinoispolicy.org/investigation-madigan-firm-the-biggest-player-in-commercial-property-tax-appeals/ https://www.illinoispolicy.org/investigation-madigan-firm-th...