Sweden's house of finance is in order, despite the recession and economic troubles in Europe and the world. Anders Borg, the conservative Minister of Finance, said in an interview for Swedish TV that Sweden needs the taxes it levies on the population ant that it is a good thing.
"It is my belief that it is basically a good thing that we collect tax revenues in Sweden. It is a good thing that we have our welfare system, social security, foreign aid, education and healthcare. In order to have that, we need taxes," Borg told SVT.
Harald Sandberg's 1969 Portrait of Louis Armstrong
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*Louis Armstrong* died on this day (July 6, 1971). He was very popular in
Sweden, and my father - *Harald Sandberg* (Swedish painter, 1912-1983)
painted th...
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