ha. ha.

In the past weeks, two ministers in the new "center-right" government in Sweden have had to resign: one for tax evasion, and another for failing to pay TV license fees and hiring a nanny off the books. Before you jaded American readers scoff too heartily, consider that the TV license evader was Minister of Culture, a post that had her overseeing the state Television stations funded mainly through these subscription fees. Add to this that her summer home was owned by a corporation based in the British Channel Islands (a popular tax shelter for European elites), and you have a recipe for exactly the sort of venality we've come to expect from the Swedish Right.

It's true, though, that Swedes don't mess around when it comes to corruption. A few years ago, a popular Social Democratic minister resigned for having an extravagant crawfish dinner at his home on the taxpayer dime. Crazy swedes. I bet they don't even care who is doing what to whom in the Prime Minister's residence. All they care about is their elected officials obeying the same laws they do. Commies.

Two down, a whole bunch more to go...

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