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Re:Sweden Wants to Fight Disposable Culture with Tax Breaks ... by charlesdm on Monday September 26, 2016 @05:11AM (#12580362)
> 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.

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Re:Sweden Wants to Fight Disposable Culture with Tax Breaks ... by eveningcoffee on Friday September 30, 2016 @12:13PM (#12613331)
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.
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