Finland is looking to prepare for the influx of migrants coming from Eastern Europe and are expected to flood throughout Western Europe, including Finland. While Finland is currently experiencing a rise in unemployment and a political shift the issue of how to deal with new workers will be a difficult task.
This article in the NY Times discusses the proposal to drop the wage amount at which Finn's are taxed an additional 1%, that number is...wait for it, a mere 81,000 Euros. As someone who is living in the US and it painfully aware that our tax system seems unable to hold the richest American's accountable this is impressive. While of course this may not become a reality (as discussed, there is a bit of tension politically) the fact that Finland can propose it with a straight face is enough to make me sigh a sigh of disappointment over the complex tax system of the United States.
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