# 70% tax rate in EUR countries because of healthcare?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70-tax-rate-in-eur-countries-because-of-healthcare/787799 "2017-05-31T22:00:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70-tax-rate-in-eur-countries-because-of-healthcare/787799/61 "2017-06-02T17:18:13Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> They do:
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> [Health care in France - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_France)  
> _“statutory health care plan at 5.25% on earned income”_
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> Thus they pay 5.25 tax for their healthcare. Thus that claim is obviously true.

How much does a French, unemployed person pay for the exact same healthcare?

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**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70-tax-rate-in-eur-countries-because-of-healthcare/787799/62 "2017-06-03T21:01:18Z")

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Here [Reverse-Trump Tax Policies Lead To Economic Boom in Sweden - Second Nexus](http://secondnexus.com/politics-and-economics/swedish-tax-economic-boom/?utm_content=inf_677_1164_2&tse_id=INF_9117a210487811e780b645b806a7020f) is an article about Sweden, which

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> Through a steady diet of tax increases and welfare spending, under Andersson’s leadership, Sweden’s economy grew at 3.1% of GDP in 2016, as compared to just 1.6% growth in the U.S. At the same time, Sweden’s tax burden is among the highest in the world, at 43% of GDP (as compared to 26% in the U.S.)

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> Not everyone in Sweden is on board with these economic programs, however. As the top marginal tax rate approaches 70%, opposition to the current Social Democratic leadership has threatened a vote of no confidence against Andersson unless she withdraws any further plans to raise taxes.

However, this is not “because of Healthcare” but general welfare of the population; and has been shown to work (as compared to the “lets give tax breaks to the rich and trickle-down magic” in the US which has been shown to not work in greater prosperity and more jobs for the majority of the population.

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