Payroll taxes of course don't come from the rich, they don't make money as salaries. And their consumption is quite limited so they don't pay much VAT either.

Payroll taxes of course don't come from the rich, they don't make money as salaries. And their consumption is quite limited so they don't pay much VAT either. Money in Scandinavian countries is coming from the middle class. The rich are a lot more entrenched there than they are in the US, to the point of becoming almost invisible, because almost all wealth stretches generations since before current draconian taxes were put in place. These people in fact, introduced this system for their own benefit: to pull the ladder.