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To: Brumar89 who wrote (690869)	1/1/2013 6:10:00 PM
From: steve harris	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579770

When "the end justifies the means" is one of your beliefs, you end up looking pretty stupid after a period of time. The Soviet Union was great, no unemployment, no riots, everyone had a job, free health care, an American liberal's utopia is it not? And let's remember how Krugman loves China... China is the new Soviet Union to the American left?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (690869)	1/1/2013 6:23:15 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579770

The Swedish pension system.... With the risk of being completely and utterly dull here – here’s a quick guide to the Swedish pension system and how it works – for anyone who might be interested: The Swedish pension system consists of three main components – national retirement pension, occupational pension and voluntary pension. The national retirement pension is made up of three elements, income pension, premium pension and guarantee pension. The income pension and the premium pension are completely independent from the national budget. The income pension is financed by employer contributions representing 16% of an employee’s gross annual income. Premium pension is financed through an additional contribution from the employer equal to approximately 2.5% of the employee’s gross annual income. Occupational pension is the pension coverage provided to employees via their employer, as a component of salary, which is also known as collective agreement pension. Voluntary pension consists of private pension insurance based on voluntary savings.