Insight - Swedes tire of tax cuts as welfare state shows strains


  • World
  • Monday, 17 Mar 2014

Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg adjusts his tie at the start of an European Union finance ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels in this January 19, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/Files

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - To glimpse Swedish angst under its picture postcard prosperity, look no further than film director Lisa Ohlin, who has enjoyed years of tax cuts in an economy the envy of Europe. Homes in her Stockholm neighbourhood cost around $1 million.

But this leafy, well-heeled area is a microcosm of Sweden, where eyes are on a struggling school with strained finances, not enough teachers and poor results. Like many Swedes, Ohlin wants her cherished welfare state back.

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