>>Q1) Is it true that the average working Swede pays +/-70% in taxes ?
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>No, according to http://www.taxrates.cc/html/sweden-tax-rates.html it's 57.77%. However, I doubt that this number is correct. And then again, it's a question of how you calculate. If you add all the taxes, VAT, custom an everything, you may end end up with 80-90%, at least here in Norway.

The way it was expressed (to me) is ambiguous but it was implied as a tax on income rather than a tax from spending.

>>Q2) Is it true that in an attempt to enforce "equality" the words him and her have been combined into a new word "hem" ?
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>I listen to Swedish radio and TV almost every day, and I have never heard such a word.

OK I was thinking this would be a case of political correctness going totally mad imo. Thanks for the feedback.