Sounds to me like Sweden is doing it right! If you want very extensive social programs you have to tax EVERYONE really really hard. The fantassy that one can p

Sounds to me like Sweden is doing it right! If you want very extensive social programs you have to tax EVERYONE really really hard. The fantassy that one can pay for wellfare by only taxing the rich more or by reducing their loopholes is a pipedream. Or you could have a society with very low taxes and very low to none social programs, especially if your government doesn't love fighting expensive wars all the time. Wars and wellfare programs are all very expensive. Even miserly wellfare programs like what the US got is creating some real debt default risk over there.