Last night Sweden got a new leader. The Moderate Party defeated the Social Democrats, taking the Social Dems out of power for the first time in 12 years. The Moderats ran on a platform of revising stagnate labor policies which encourage many people to drop out of the workforce. I wanted to hold off on blogging about this issue until doing further research, but the following exerpt from an NY Times article was way too funny.
Magnus Rosander, a 44-year-old computer engineer who said he had a nervous breakdown after losing his job four years ago and had not worked since, said he had voted for the Social Democrats and was worried about what would happen under the Moderates.
“I’m dependent on social welfare,” Mr. Rosander said outside a subway station in central Stockholm. “If Fredrik Reinfeldt wins, we will get less money and he will force me to work even though my doctor says I’m not ready yet.”
God forbid Mr. Rosander might have to work.
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