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Susan T's avatar

When I lived and worked in Denmark a long time ago, a huge part of my salary went to taxes. But dental, medical, daycare and more were paid for. They had a system of taxation where the more money you earned, the more your taxes went up until it didn't make sense to earn any more money because most of it would be taxed. There is a name for that system, but I can't remember it. Unfortunately, I think they may have changed that system. Denmark has been sadly influenced by the US. I realized that the shit had hit the fan a long time back when I saw cops beating up protesters at a gathering of politicians regarding the climate. When I lived there, I got kicked out of a park for picking the flowers. I was also drinking wine, but that was not the problem. It was picking the flowers that really got him riled up.

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Richard Seager's avatar

Social democracy I guess. Or the Nordic Model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

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Feral Finster's avatar

"They had a system of taxation where the more money you earned, the more your taxes went up until it didn't make sense to earn any more money because most of it would be taxed. There is a name for that system, but I can't remember it. "

Progressive taxation.

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bill wolfe's avatar

progressive tax system.

Social democracy.

Picking flowers? Privatization.

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