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submitted 5 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Sweden is infamous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country's tax agency is still one of Sweden's most trusted institutions.

The Swedish attitude towards tax contrasts sharply with many countries where taxes can be a deeply divisive issue. We investigate what this says about Swedish society and how the popularity of the welfare state might survive growing challenges in the future.

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[-] Magister@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

About every specialists make 1M

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

How much of that goes right back to med school loan repayments?

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Canada =/= USA, it's cheaper. A lot of that money goes to personal insurance IIRC

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Do you have any sources for that?

[-] Magister@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

Of course, most are in French, but easy to find any info on this, for instance this 2022 article https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/10/18/pres-de-300medecins-millionnaires

Ophtalmologiste 2 603 027 $

Chirurgien général 2 442 354 $

Ophtalmologiste 2 166 048 $

Ophtalmologiste 2 116 473 $

Interniste 2 022 137 $

Radiologiste 2 017 941 $

[-] Magister@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago
[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

In 2021 (the year your article is about) there were 21,176 physicians in the province and 294 made 7 figure salaries. That amounts to less than 1.2% of physicians.

So not all physicians make a million dollars, not even a lot of physicians make a million dollars. It is rare that this happens.

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