It’s cold in Sweden, and I don’t mean that as a metaphor. The delay of spring makes life more difficult for more and more single mothers.
According to new statistics from Statistics Norway, the percentage of Swedes who find it difficult or very difficult to get their finances together has increased. It is particularly tough for single mothers, according to Statistics Norway, it is particularly difficult to afford to heat the home sufficiently.
In 2021, just under two percent of the population was forced to live in cold homes. In 2023, the figure has increased to almost six percent.
Unfortunately, this is a trend that does not appear to be reversing anytime soon. The political will to curb poverty is completely lacking.
The government’s own forecasts predict that unemployment, and thus economic vulnerability, will increase until 2025. At the same time, Tidösamarbetet is determined to introduce a so-called allowance cap. According to Åkesson, Kristersson and Svantesson, poor people in Sweden are too rich.
Rosenbad should take an extra look at the new statistics from Statistics Norway. Fewer can afford adequate heat, fewer can afford a car, fewer can afford a week’s vacation, fewer can afford to eat meat, chicken or fish every other day.
If it is true that economic restraints make people work harder and create incentives for people to work, then unemployment should go down? Or how tough does life have to be for single mothers for the right-wing recipe to start working?
It is usually said that the right is unlucky to always gain government power the second before an economic crisis hits. Most unlucky are the people. In tough times we are always led by politicians who believe poverty is good.
