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Re:Beyond Spotify and iZettle: How Sweden became Europe’s ca... by expertentipp on Saturday September 08, 2018 @09:56AM (#17940813)
> in Sweden people are not supposed to rack up huge savings because they will be taken care of by the state when they retire to still live comfortably

This applies only to native Swedes. As a foreigner, even EU national, it's trivial to end up overboard of the social security net. Beware of tollerating low compensation fed by the "we'll hold your back" cliche. The same situation in Germany.

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Re:Beyond Spotify and iZettle: How Sweden became Europe’s ca... by jlangenauer on Saturday September 08, 2018 @10:09AM (#17940876)
In Germany, even if you are a German national, there's no guarantee that the state will be able to fund pensions as it does now, due to the shift in demographics.

I love it here, but I operate under the assumption that I'll have to provide for myself in retirement.

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