Re:Sweden Wants to Fight Disposable Culture with Tax Breaks ...
by charlesdm on Monday September 26, 2016 @05:11AM
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> More over, as labor is highly taxed in Sweden, it makes local repairing disproportionally more expensive compared to the manufacturing in a country with smaller labor costs.
Sounds like a very clear flaw in their economic and taxation model.
Re:Sweden Wants to Fight Disposable Culture with Tax Breaks ...
by eveningcoffee on Friday September 30, 2016 @12:13PM
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This flaw is called free trade. This problem used to be fixed by higher customs. But we generally prefer free trade, so they have to try other initiatives.
More over, as labor is highly taxed in Sweden, it makes local repairing disproportionally more expensive compared to the manufacturing in a country with smaller labor costs.