Swedish rightist/liberal government led by ”moderaterna" abandons its policy of lowering taxes

The last reason to keep a Swedish rightist/liberal oriented government is now gone as it today was announcing that there will be no more lowering of taxes for some years to come, not as G W Bush once did announce: “read my lips, no more taxes”. The explanation for this change of policy by the Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt is that Swedish economy is recovering, a rather strange claim for someone coming from the right-most political party of Sweden; a party easily confused with the Swedish taxpayers association. Some political commentators think that this 180 degree turn is a smart move to counter the socialist opponents of Swedish politics that have been attacking the government claiming it so far has done nothing but down-grading Swedish social welfare. The rightist government has been working hard to sell out the remaining state-owned industries, banks and businesses, privatizing schools, elderly care, medical welfare clinics and the state-operated unemployment agency.

The dire truth behind this move is more like that the funds acquired from the selling out state assets used for several tax-breaks now is running low with a possible state bankruptcy looming unless further tax-cuts are stopped or as PM Fredrik Reinfeldt also stated, that it may be necessary to raise taxes again. And there is not much more to gain from further cutting down the Swedish armed forces that already is cut down to the bare bones and as some military experts claiming possibly would hold off an invasion from the “east” for no more than one week before collapse and surrender.

Surprisingly a move from a party and a government that could be said to stand behind an older tainted German motto: “arbeit macht frei”. Have you heard this before? Does it sound familiar?

So is there a reason for the Swede to hold on to such a government? Well, whoever that comes to the power after the 2014 elections will not have it easy as the “winner” most likely will become the looser - another one-term government that will be blamed for everything that went wrong but truly innocent as the disaster was initiated in the previous terms.