Olli Alm

Together with my colleagues, we visited the Finnish Border Guard offshore patrol vessel Turva, where we received a briefing on the Border Guard’s maritime operations. In recent years, Turva has taken part in investigations of suspected sabotage targeting critical underwater infrastructure.

Några officerare från den svenska Försvarsmakten anländer idag till Grönland. De ingår i en grupp från flera allierade länder. Tillsammans ska de förbereda kommande moment inom ramen för den danska övningen Operation Arctic Endurance. Det är på förfrågan från Danmark som Sverige skickar personal från Försvarsmakten.

A lot of countries basically are caught in a trap from which there is no escape. 1) They have a lot of old people. They need healthcare, pensions, etc. This is *incredibly* expensive. 2) More old people means less tax money, more tax burden on the increasingly few working people and families. 3) You either a) sacrifice all other public services to keep the old person money pipe flowing, b) cut benefits to old people, or c) increase immigration. 4) You get voted out because all of these are immensely unpopular. You can try to increase productivity or growth... by this is hard, and many of the ways it can be done (like deregulation, building liberalization, and capital investment) are also expensive and politically unpopular.