Posted on Mar 6, 2019
It costs less than $60 to have a baby in Finland. How?
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No... It cost quite a bit more. "Finland currently has a corporate tax rate of 20%, a progressive personal income tax system with maximum individual marginal tax rate of 53%. There also seems to be less of a range of incomes, with a larger median as opposed to folks all over the place like in the United States."
"The add VAT (Value added Tax) of 24% (the only notable exception, the tax on food items is a mere 13%)."
There is also considerable dissatisfaction among Finland's rural population, rightfully point out that the vast majority of government services non-medical government programs paid for by this onerous tax burden, are not available or meaningless in Finland' rural communities. Estimates are that the rural population on a per capita basis is receiving less than 8% of the benfits on a per capita basis that rural and suburban populations get.
Finally, Finland has a negative population growth, and its current level of social welfare spending is unsustainable. The majority of economist state that a lack of disposable income is a major factor in most couple decision to have no more than one child. This matches public polling data.
http://scandinavianinterlude.blogspot.com/2014/03/why-does-finland-pay-some-high-taxes.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S [login to see] 300403
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/decline_in_finlands_birth_rate_continues/10618835
"The add VAT (Value added Tax) of 24% (the only notable exception, the tax on food items is a mere 13%)."
There is also considerable dissatisfaction among Finland's rural population, rightfully point out that the vast majority of government services non-medical government programs paid for by this onerous tax burden, are not available or meaningless in Finland' rural communities. Estimates are that the rural population on a per capita basis is receiving less than 8% of the benfits on a per capita basis that rural and suburban populations get.
Finally, Finland has a negative population growth, and its current level of social welfare spending is unsustainable. The majority of economist state that a lack of disposable income is a major factor in most couple decision to have no more than one child. This matches public polling data.
http://scandinavianinterlude.blogspot.com/2014/03/why-does-finland-pay-some-high-taxes.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S [login to see] 300403
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/decline_in_finlands_birth_rate_continues/10618835
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