Sweden is facing an imminent recession. If or when the economy turns down, there may be reason for the government to rethink some of the proposals in the 73-point program.
-We do not know what is going on in the China-US trade war, with the US-Latin America trade agreement, with Brexit. Economics is not a science but we have to follow it month by month. The budget must correspond to what business needs.
According to Nyamko Sabuni, there is always room for raising and lowering taxes.
-Increased taxes on what is dirty should be necessary, and it may also be needed on things that inhibit growth.
She does not go into detail about the things that are "dirty". On a direct question, she replies that raising gasoline taxes may be an alternative but that she may return to it.
Even a bank tax, given the high margins the banks have long had on mortgages, is something she mentions.
However, Nyamko Sabuni does not want the tax burden to increase in general, but wants to see that more people pay tax by educating or working.
-The important thing is that we have a competitive business world. This is where we create wealth and resources.