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Originally Posted by Sanaa-
LOl what do you mean?
Thats a grossly inadequate representation of taxation effects on residents (here) in general . Rather thats a poor illustration of the schema of how things work here. This country's economic policies are not that simplistic taxation is just one of the many sources of education funding here.
I discovered that the average Kenyan here can't even intepret what their tax form really means, but they all agree and complain about is the tax being high, but don't really know the actual impact of those figures.
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Whether education is funded from donors or from taxation of alcohol at the end of the day nordic education is free but not necessarily free. Every consumer in that country pays for that
indirectly. The end does not justify the means. Sanaa the fact that they have free education does not mean its necessarily ok to charge the high taxes. Btw high taxes is obvious,its a fact. My aunt lived in sweden for 7 years and my argument was based on sweden which tends to have same taxation mannerisms with the other nordic countries.
Fact -cup of coffee is 3 times what we pay in US, reason-cost of production and sales taxes passed onto to you the consumer make you pay for the "otherwise" funded education.
I repeat -nordic countries are good for
free education but as a person who is the labor market its time to move on...
Its obvious that some places charge higher taxes but they have more "social" goods. Like the UK has a higher taxation process than US but they have the benefit of at least the general free healthcare not unless you opt private. I bet you nordic countries have more social goods. This is not fair in the end since if say I am in my 50's, why do I have to pay for education for a 19 year old who aint my kid? If I'm the 19yr old, I'll gladly take the offer but as soon as get my degree then to be smart enough, I would concentrate on where I get more from my money not something that I don't need/use(read education).
But anyway this was for aspiring students I guess- For free education, head to Finland et al, for a life of the money you make-head west.
all you need is a lil flexibility to live in different nations.