- November 15, 2003
I'm moving this blog to my own domain. Right now it's at:
http:danielwood.seswg
http://danielwood.se/swg/2003/11/15.html#a387
- November 14, 2003
November 14, 2003Sweden's welfare state is one of the country's crown jewels. Sure, taxes are high here, but you get a lot in return. When we had our first child, the entire hospital experience was free, including the pre-natal courses. Three years later, when we had our second child, cutbacks meant that we had to pay something, but it was along the lines of 25 dollars or something like that. I paid the same for an operation that kept me in the hospital overnight.Public transportation is good,..
http://www.srp6.net/red/eng/redaktion/show.php3?type=1&rubrik=1&action=single&...
- November 12, 2003
November 12, 2003
Just heard on NPR's "Morning Edition": "A new study shows that training ordinary people to use defibrillators can nearly double a heart attack victim's chances of survival. The heart-shocking devices already are standard equipment in many airports, convention centers, and health clubs.
Hear Dr. Vinay Nadcarni, chairman of the American Heart Association committee that conducted the study."
Reuters writes: "Nearly twice as many people survived cardiac arrest in public places..
http://danielwood.se/swg/2003/11/12.html#a376
- November 9, 2003
November 9, 2003
A few years ago Sweden's Social Democrat government said that to deal with increasing urban problems it was introducing a new approach to income taxes. The state tax here is actually quite low, and only fairly high income-earners pay it. Most people just pay the municipal and country income taxes, which together are around 33 percent.
But to deal with the problems facing the cities, the government proposed taking some of the money collected by other local authorities and...
http://www.srp6.net/red/eng/redaktion/show.php3?type=1&rubrik=1&action=single&...
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