Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 14:25:14 +0100 (MET) From: malecki-AT-algonet.se (Robert Malecki) Subject: M-I: Two articles from my trade union paper. ( Part 1) The following articles were in the latest number of "Kommunalarbetaren" (the Communal worker) my national trade union paper which goes out to all the members.712,000 printed issues and the articles are written by Bengt Bergsmark. (With his permission over the telephone) bob Malecki ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ... An All Richer Sweden This year in Sweden we produced 3% more products and services then we did in 1989. Plus 50 billion crowns. Under the same period the incomes of normal worker families sank with 5-7%. Almost minus a whole monthly income! The official statistics about the Swedish peoples incomes today only go to 1994. In the statistics bureau computers their are detailed essentials about 25,000 persons household enconomies. -a one could say a "mini Sweden". With this "mini-Sweden" one can investigate how the cuts,tax hikes and changed paychecks under 1995 and 1996 hit the various different household economies. UNIK PRESENTATION Sven Nelander, a member of LO, (LO is the National trade union umbrella for all the unions in Sweden) has invetigated workers households from the beginning of the 90ties and forward to this year 1996. We theirfore can present a unik picture of how poverty in the wake of the cuts continues to grow. The decision from the Netherlands repoprt; about how all the more workers households find themselves under the level of poverty. DISPONABLE INCOMES Every seventh workers household has recieved a worse ecomomical situation then the Kronofogden (the agency which enforces payment of debts by confiscation of homes,cars furniture,etc.) can not collect any tax debts. These families have already slid down under the existence minium. Poo, households have always existed before, but the number is growing. 1989 they were only 1 of 17. Out of the picture on the side (see below) one can reasd how many more households that do not come up to a normal level of living standard. Besides the kronofogden existence minium is social welfare's social welfare level. Picture. Under the norm Under level for Under the norm for socialwelfare social wefare for existence +car. minium 1989...6% 1989...9% 1989..6% 1994..30% 1994...12% 1994..11% 1996..35% 1996...15% 1996..14% The money we have to live on is called disponible income. For a normal wageearner this is a question which largely seen in money and subsitities minus taxes and the cost of interest. When one looks at the economy of a household one looks at, partially the disponable income and partially how many adults and children who have to live on this money. In economic terms this is called "disponsible income per consumptions unit". The poorest tenth of households lost between 1989 and 1994 a fourth of their disponsible income! All groups besides a fifth of the households that have the highest incomes went back and lost shopping power. CONCLUSIONS Nelanders new investigation on workers husholds cover also the incomes up to and including 1996. Here is some of the figures he has come from too. Married/living together with three or four children, the household ecomoy was weakened with about 7.3% Living Alone agegroup 18-29 years without children who have moved away from home lost 5.0%. Married/living together without children minus 6.2%. Workers households with incomes under the social norm. procent 1989 1994 1996 Married/living together-with more then 2 children 16 22 41 Living alone without children 18-29 24 33 34 Living alone with children 8 31 29 Married/living together with 2 children 3 4 9 Living alone without children over 29 3 4 6 Married/living together 1 child 2 3 4 Married/living together without children 1 1 2 --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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