7. Sweden – 7.7 points
      This "welfare state" model is an excellent example of effective national taxes.  Among other things the state provides universal tax-funded childcare, parental leave, health care, education (including university), retirement pensions and sick leave. Including value added tax (VAT – kind of like sales tax), it is possible to pay up to 80% of your income as taxes. Contrary to popular belief, Swedes are quite OK with their high taxes – after all it gives them tons of high quality services and they almost never need to take drastic action like taking quick payday
loans just to make ends meet. In fact, most of the services for the public are free, so what's not to be happy about?
      Sweden is also the home of IKEA – the worlds largest furniture store. IKEA’s founder Ingvar Kampard is famous for being the 7th richest person in the world (Net worth $31 billion) and driving a 15 year old Volvo station wagon. It has been claimed that more people read the Ikea catalogue than the Bible – and that one in ten Europeans have been conceived on an Ikea bed.

瑞典 —— 7.7分
      這個(gè)“福利GJ”是有效征收國(guó)稅的優(yōu)秀典范。在其他方面，瑞典用稅收為其國(guó)民提供普遍的兒童保育金、育兒假、醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)、教育（包括大學(xué)）、養(yǎng)老金和病假等。其國(guó)稅，包括增值稅（VAT——有點(diǎn)兒像營(yíng)業(yè)稅）在內(nèi)，占到個(gè)人財(cái)富的80%。與普通觀點(diǎn)相反，瑞典人對(duì)于他們GJ的高稅收很認(rèn)同——畢竟，他們GJ為他們提供了高質(zhì)量的服務(wù)，而且他們不需要為了生活而采取快速貸款這樣的極端行為。事實(shí)上，GJ提供的大部分服務(wù)都是免費(fèi)的，他們?cè)趺床恍腋Ｄ兀?/p>

      宜家家居——世界上最大的家居廠，也是瑞典的。宜家的創(chuàng)始人Ingvar Kampard是世界排名第七的富翁（凈資產(chǎn)達(dá)31億美元），開(kāi)一輛沃爾沃豪華旅行汽車。據(jù)說(shuō)，看宜家產(chǎn)品目錄的人比看圣經(jīng)的人還多，而且有十分之一的歐洲人都買了宜家的床。

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