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The Sweden Democrats in the European Parliament described the proposals as something that must be stopped and wrote that Ursula von der Leyen demanded new EU taxes on emissions trading, carbon dioxide, electronic waste, tobacco, and companies. The party also stated that she wanted the EU to receive a larger share of customs revenues and to increase the plastic fee. According to the Sweden Democrats, this would be in addition to a significant increase in the EU fee and the abolition of the rebate. https://t.co/1uEgvV1NJZ #EU #skatter #politik (translated)

InteSosse wrote that people already paid for SVT through tax and claimed that they would soon need to register to access the content. The person listed email address, birth year, login, and viewing history as information that could be required, and asked what else would be needed. According to InteSosse, public service was legally for the entire population, but would soon require registration in a mandatory service. https://t.co/xlzEJ93k7H #SVT #Streaming #Insyn (translated)

Claus Due wrote that the state was considering buying homes with taxpayers' money and renting them out to public employees so they could continue living in Copenhagen. He believed that the state's centralization of bureaucracy had caused rents to rise sharply. According to Due, there was no consideration to move the bureaucracy to rural areas and smaller towns or to stop what he described as a massive influx of people in need of housing. He expressed frustration that taxpayers would have to pay. #Boligpolitik #København #Skatteyder (translated)

Marcus Friberg has been appointed as the new spokesperson for the Green Party's tax policy as well as a member of the parliamentary tax committee for the upcoming term, where he focuses on promoting climate transition and fair tax policy. #Miljöpartiet #skattepolitik #klimatomställning (translated)

Daniel Schatz wrote that Mohamed Ali, whom he called a leftist, could be linked to a fraudulent company. Referring to information from Lars Petersson, Schatz claimed that the company lacked revenue and was not registered for F-tax, VAT, or payroll taxes. He also wrote that the share capital appeared to be depleted and that no control and balance sheet seemed to have been established. Schatz accused Aktuellt of not having verified the information before Agneta Nyvall appeared as a character witness. He wrote that the media had previously reported that Mohamed Abdukardir Ali had undergone debt restructuring and believed that this made his involvement in AfriTech more notable. According to Schatz, Ali was personally liable as a board member if the company had depleted the share capital without establishing a control and balance sheet. He also stated that the company had been fined a week earlier for submitting the annual report late. #Vänsterpartiet #skandaler #Affärsjuridik (translated)

Ledarsidorna.se described the Sweden Democrats' decision to move Tobias Andersson from the business committee to a less prominent role in the education committee as today's strangest. The writer stated that Andersson had saved many tax billions from Vargas and had become highly regarded in Swedish business during a single term. Ledarsidorna.se also wrote that the Sweden Democrats seemed to be developing in the same direction as the Social Democrats, where networks, power, and prestige took precedence over results and competence, and argued that the party's future prospects therefore looked unfavourable. #svpol #svpol #politik #Sverigedemokraterna (translated)

Lars Boje Mathiesen wrote that almost all citizens' CPR numbers had now fallen into the hands of others. He criticized the advice to contact the authorities if in doubt and asked whether the minister had ever tried to call the tax authority or another authority, as it could take an entire day according to him. #cprnummer #myndigheder #SKAT (translated)

Daniel Schatz questioned whether the Green Party's demands for financial accountability were sufficient for the party's representatives. He wrote that the Member of Parliament Leila Ali Elmi had had 17 payment orders from the Enforcement Authority, while she was elected to the party board and became the party's spokesperson for integration policy. According to Schatz, the Enforcement Authority had, in one case, decided to collect debts from Ali Elmi and in another made a decision on enforcement. He asked what requirements the Green Party had for its representatives regarding financial responsibility. #EkonomisktAnsvar #Sverige #Politik (translated)

InteSosse questioned what SVT's core mission was and why they should be forced to finance what was described in a linked post. They asked Anne Lagercrantz if she could answer the question and wrote that famous people should not be supported with taxpayer money, regardless of whether they belonged to a group that they described with derogatory language about homosexuals. https://t.co/DOlhy1Eb1y #SVT #skattepengar #MediaDebatt (translated)

Mats Yxhäll wrote that ETC had received 13,333,914 kronor in media support despite describing the newspaper as left-extremist. He stated that the Tidö government changed the support system in 2023 to promote local and regional journalism, and that several of his sources within the government coalition believed at that time that support for leftist propaganda would cease. According to Yxhäll, a provision for media of special importance for media diversity still made it possible for ETC to receive support. He added that a former editor-in-chief of the Communist Party of Sweden's newspaper was sitting on the new media support committee. https://t.co/0swUW5p7WL #Mediestöd #Journalistik #Politik (translated)

Kristina wrote that Karl Oskar and Kristina did not encounter any welfare state, but had to build a hut and arrange for shelter, warmth, and food before winter themselves. She called it an essential detail in connection with Lindström comparing their situation to today's tax-funded asylum reception. #historia #välfärd #integration (translated)

Glenn wrote that 90–95 percent of Swedes, according to him, believed that anyone who had cheated or provided incorrect information in an application should lose the grants or benefits that the information had granted access to. He stated that support for that principle was broad within the education system, the tax system, the benefits system, in job applications, and among insurance companies. At the same time, he felt that the requirement for truth seemed to weigh less in issues concerning residence permits and citizenship, and wondered why. Glenn wrote that the right to reside in the country and citizenship were among Sweden's most important laws, and questioned how it could be seen as a lesser problem if such decisions were based on lies. He argued that the debate placed disproportionately great importance on smaller issues compared to this. #Sverige #Medborgarskap #Rättvisa (translated)