Why does ESTONIA have the most COMPETITIVE TAXES in the WORLD? - VisualPolitik EN
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Estonia has the most competitive tax system in the world. At least, that's what US-based think tank the Tax Foundation says. For seven consecutive years it has awarded the first place in its ranking to this country. And the truth is that it is not for nothing.
If there is one country that can serve as a model for others, it is Estonia. This Baltic nation has shown that a strong welfare state is compatible with low taxes and economic growth. And all this from a really dismal starting point.
In 1991, Estonia was a new republic that had just separated from the Soviet Union. Its history could have been the same as that of Ukraine or Belarus. But, to the surprise of the whole world, it has become a model of efficiency and prosperity. How did they achieve this? What are the key factors to Estonian public administration? In this video we tell you.
How to pay taxes in Estonia: • Kuidas esitada tuludek...
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Ok now we need a video on how to immigrate to Estonia.
#bring back simon PLease
Bring back the bald simon whistle
Estonian. Did my tax declaration this morning while pooping. Used my phone. Toke me less than one minute including the log in time.
Can you invade my country?
Damm.. In my country it will take a month
Log in time
Talking about a good poop joke ^^
I can confirm this. Got 21 euros back :D
Sounds like you did not have a side hustle so were faster thanks to it. I did mine the first night the opportunity opened, just before sleep.
Estonia looks like a place where all these "simple solutions" we all thought about took place despite people telling us it cannot be done.
ruclips.net/video/U-MPpgCCglc/видео.html
It's easier for estonia since the country is so small (1,5mil or something?), would be harder in larger and more diverse country. But they are progressive and definitely doing the right thing.
@@leoprg5330 doit on city's first, then expand.
@@leoprg5330 it depends on the people of the country not the size!!🤦♂️
Video is very faulty.
It’s nice to see that you’re focusing also on countries not often at the center of the attention 💪
I agree. As an American, I'm tired of hearing about America.
I see that as a good thing.
Totally agree with u. I’m tired of American and China stuff
Hello from Estonia.
@@eesti1234 I loved Tallinn and Tartu 😻
It's impressive what a young country without too much historic legislation can achieve. Certainly most countries could learn a lot from it as efficiency is an undervalued quality.
I would call it waking up to the possibilities of a free economy. Remember, for most people Communism was their childhood experience.
At the moment it is a tax filing period in Estonia and thanks to Covid large amount of people had less income so will get a tax return.
The UK’s biggest asset is its history. It has a shit tonne of legal precedence, which is why London has become a financial centre competing with New York.
"what a young country without too much historic legislation can achieve" - Perhaps that's the reason why.
if by 13th century you mean young then yes
Personally I am super impressed with Estonians & Estonia itself. Every time I buy a product from an Estonian company I am always 100% satisfy with its quality , craftsmanship, & design. This small country packs a big punch when it comes to tech, innovation, quality.
@Jaak R eestimaa on geniaalne :)
As an Estonian livinig in Britain I get proper annoyed by the bureaucracy here. Really made me think of what seemingly small things I took for granted.
I'm in the same boat, bureaucracy in UK is just crazy compared to Estonia and everything takes so long.
If you were a student in France, you would certainly feel the great anger. Actually, i was a foreign student living in a small french city called "Bourges", the bureaucracy was so inefficient that an insane biology teacher in highschool from the town actually killed a clerk with a katana. Apparently, he was angered by the fact that it took so long time to get his driver licence delivered to him.
@@LS-oq3qh Fucking hell. Bureaucracy kills
Seems like Estonia is enjoing the privilege of a small country. Not enough people with no idea of their own for themselves.
UK is pretty old. It's harder to change countries already established. New countries from scratch adapt to new methods or tech better.
Cries in Portuguese. I visited them 2 years ago and was amazed. Love them (and the rock of Tondi).
LOL! I get this reference
Bald!
Aaaah yeah... the legendary rock of Tondi. Glad you got to see that!
i see what u did there:D
Estonia is one of the few countries in Nato who actually spend 2% of its gdp on its defens force!
I'm from Latvia and I have to say I am sooo envious to our smaller but more efficient neighbours. Well we all have to do our part to improve I guess.
Oh yeah you latvian?
Name every potato
We could be like Estonia but the Latvian gov is too busy taking bribes, stealing EU money and fighting with it's Russian minority. Latvia is already like 5 years behind Estonia in income growth and the gap is increasing. Next we loose the status of a transport hub of the Baltics due to dumb covid policy and we have literally no advantages left.
Sviests :-(
No need to envy its all bs. Its not good for the average person to live here. The politics are corrupt and they push this propaganda that its all so great here. The average person here does not have a good life and the politicians act like school kids smearing eachother instead of fixing things. The covernment in charge is known for pushing this nonsense out like the time they tried to make us be top 5 richest country but at the same time killed life outside of the capital city. Our food costs more than in finland and our wages are alot lower. Pensions for the elderly are also too small. The female prime minister shown here got in charge by felling the previous party thru scheming.
@@alvar891 Life is relatively good but yea outside the cities there is no work and all the young people flee to cities.
@@alvar891 "by felling the previous party thru scheming"? That previous party is still in government!
Love Estonia From USA 🇺🇸❤️🇪🇪 ...
Yes 🇺🇸 ♥️ 🇪🇪. I wish their language wasn’t so hard.
@@LG-bs1rs what language do they speak?
@@curlyyhair777 Estonian
@@lugal-var8346 okay thanks
Estonian here, honestly I'd love to live in America if corona wasn't a thing.
As a Finn, it really feels like I should start learning Estonian.
Finland is really not a bad country either though. The country tops most international lists along with Estonia, Switzerland, Norway, and some others.
Perkele
@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 True, for now. However trend is clear. Our economic system is pretty much opposite of Estonia. Fading, uncompetitive, unsustainable. Only runs as long as we can rack up massive annual public debt. I can easily imagine a near future where there are plenty of great career prospects for Finnish professionals on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Especially on my field, IT.
rizka yes very true
@@rizka7945 actually salaries are similar in IT in Finland and Estonia.
Average software coder earns about 2500-3000 eur after tax.
Considering property prices and living costs... :D
Im estonian and taxes take less than 2 minutes even if you check it. But glad to see small country be talked about :) cheers
Taxes really are simpel as taking a 💩
Love Estonia from Brazil 🇧🇷❤🇪🇪
🇺🇸❤️🇧🇷
Love to the beautiful people of Brazil from Estonia
@@hendriktonisson2915 Hey, is estonian hard to learn??
@@momorama8832 Some people say that Estonian is one of the hardest European languages. As an Estonian I'm not sure if that is true. But I think it's not impossible to learn and modern technology makes learning languages easier.
@@momorama8832 for english speakers. Cia says that most time takes chinese and japanese, then arabic group and then finn -ugric group . Estonia is one of most time consuming language to learn .
I’ve fallen in love with Estonia ever since I visited it in 2019 with Erasmus.
🇪🇺🇪🇪
@Vladimir Nikolic
Well, since I am also a politics geek, to me one things that I like the most with Estonia is their approach to economy (quite liberal and freedom ish) and the fact that when they left USSR their average vage was close to nothing and nowadays it’s more than 1000€.
Also, I really like their business environment and openness to market economy.
@Vladimir Nikolic
Climate is really harsh. I was there in September and October of 2019 and it felt for me like it was late November (Serbian weather). The reason is quite simple. Corruption. Chances for corruption are higher if you have to “work” with people, which is not the case in Estonia where many aspects of bureaucracy are digitalized.
Life in Estonia is not great as in neighboring Sweden and Finland, but it has improved considerably since they joined EU in 2004. They have a problem with low birth rate, but they have made it easy for Ukrainians to come and to fill in the low skilled jobs.
@@ee326k
Yes, I am from Serbia.
@@ee326k
Thanks, I suppose.😄
@@aleksandarstankovic3202 they've reached by kicking the communist garbage from the East out and establishing a working democratic society...
Much respect to Estonia. Building a country in 30 years.... Badass
Estonian here.
When someone else is discussing it, it does start to feel really tech savvy and well managed. And yet we feel that a lot could be done better.
Healtcare is mostly free for everyone. You can get free help for almost anything, although some waiting times could be months long. You have free health care if you are officially working or officially registered as unemployed.
There are great support programs for the unemployed - you can be unemployed for up to a year and get compensated (this depends on the reason your contract ended and also on your total length of being empoyed in previous years)
We have paid maternity leave for full 1.5 yrs (which also depends on your previous earnings but there is a national guaranteed minimum), the father has EXTRA 30 days paid leave. There are also numerous one time family grants for the birth of a child, birthday money etc. Also monthly relief grants for large families etc.
There is also paid sickness leave up to 4 months, which is not paied for the first few days, then covered by the employer for the next few days and onward totally by the counrty. The pay is reduced to 70% of your normal pay.
There's also large grant programs to support setting up a new business or expanding an existing one.
Kindergardens (with a small head fee) & schools are almost free. You do have to pay for workbooks & partial/total fee for lunch.
Your first University degree is also free in most cases. There's a system of cost free spots in place.
Not all transportation is free tho. Usually there is some type of free transportation avalible for you (an it could depent on your county of residence). For example, living in Tallinn, all public transport inside Tallinn is free to me, but not to a person registered to Tartu. In Tartu they have free county buses for anyone (that even you as a foreigner can use for free), but not free inner city transportation. So it depends a lot.
The roads are everywhere & free. Not in the best shape probably, but free.
Mostly all the banking can be done from online or your phone app. This includes loans, credit cards etc.
We vote online.
We do the taxes online, takes less than 2 minutes actually.
You have all your personal and medical data, avalible online to you. This includes medicine prescriptions, medical check-ups, your pet's chip number to anything immaginable.
You can pay by card ANYWHERE. Even at the smallest shop in the middle of nowhere. And nobody will think strange of you or be mad at you.
You mostly pay extra when taking out profit (investments, company profits, winning the lottery etc).
There's a guaranteed national minimum pension. For now.
And you CAN get a tax bonus for Investing in your third pension pillar.
"its so great here"
Reality: Estonians just lost 25% of their saving accounts.
@@TeunisD Then they are not the only ones. Do you follow this channel ot the news? Maybe you have long term deposits yourselves? Better check it out!
Estonians need to be very careful going forward. It needs to keep running efficiently, like a business. I find it rather easy for politicians to come in and say "this has become more expensive so we are increasing taxes." Estonians need to keep fighting for that efficient government budget.
"Many of you didnt know there was a country called Estonia"???
Really???
I'm an International student (from India) who came to Tartu for my Master's.
Now I like this country even more.. and I have applied for my PhD, here.
I think Estonia is getting more popular, life is becoming better and better here
@@martinkoitmae6655 True!
He probably said that to his American audience which often has awful knowledge in geography
@@Sebastian-sd1om to be fair, i have seen plenty of europeans that know nothing about estonia other than it exists.
Tartu has very good Universities
Estonia would be a lovely place to be.
If Nigeria would adopt Estonia's system of taxation, many start-ups would grow.
Nigeria has too much potential that is still uncovered. Really wanna see Nigeria flourishing. Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾
I dont know your princes are already annoying , what turbo scam will you then ?
@@ivanmonahhov2314 Your name is Ivan, I can automatically assume you're a credit card hacker or a Pyramid scheme creator, no?
@@yestermonth no but I knew one
@Akshay 18 It doesn't look good. Its nepotic, kleptocratic rulers have driven the country to the mud.
Nigeria is already in a covert civil war.
I've marveled at Estonia's rise, and applaud it. Many dismiss my interest; now I have a video to support my claims. Thank you.
South Korea: finally a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary.
ruclips.net/video/U-MPpgCCglc/видео.html
Estonia will win.
South Korea is probably more concerned about the nuclear threat from North Korea.
@@nathanlewis42 but economically competitive and very digital.
@@nathanlewis42 Not really. 😁
I live in Germany. I'm kinda jealous of Estonia, cus the bureaucracy in Germany is just...terrible. Soooo much paperwork...
what? .. you say that because you don't live here in the USA. bureaucracy our nickname 🤣🤣🇺🇸⚰️
Dude, you should do more research on brazil's bureaucracy haha - it LITERALLY costs us a whopping trillion dollars each year
@@adrianoaraujo5275 wow, we're all in the shit 🤣🤣
@Vladimir Putin because
@Vladimir Putin i've read that india's bureaucracy is a nightmare
Greetings from Germany ❤🇩🇪🇪🇺🇪🇪
This dude couldn't be more proud of not paying for bus rides.
I am from estonia. Because there are fewer of us, we need to be more clever to catch up.
I can tell that you're estonian by your name, hello fellow estonian.
Am jealous of people living in such countries!! The system there actually works...
I would love to visit Estonia.
We should go benchmark there lol
yea, it worked in London, NY, and many other countries also, before foreigners, blacks etc took over xd
The weather isn't good there, only rain
@@mata6340 Cant say only rain, we have like 2 months of summer and 2 months of winter snow also. :D Variety, could be worse, like UK.
@@mata6340 😂
This is way we need to move company to Estonia. I’m moving 10 companies to Estonia in 2021
Just moved to Estonia. I love the simplicity of the system here.
Paying taxes is a matter of minutes here, it’s one of the biggest advantages of this country
in Brazil, every citizen's dream is to enter the public service. That’s why the country is broke.
In China, young generations are dreaming the same. Somehow this is weird.
In Philippines, every citizen's dream is to leave the country and work in a rich country. That's why the country is broke.
@@phoenix5054 actually that's the biggest impression I get from the Philippines as a Spaniard . Filipino migrant workers . and weirdly large online presence
In india entering a pvt service is considered a shame
Nah, I'm brazilian and this is not my dream. And I doubt this is the reason why the country is broke.
Estonia is an amazing country.
That's not all. I am in realestate business and have recently discovered that its possible to conduct transactions with a notary remotely in Estonia . I sold and bought property while being on vacation in Mexico with a smartphone!
is it really worth moving tax residency to Estonia? Thanks
Estonian here , we just want to be nordic ...
I think after this video nordics wanna be estonians now
Outnorded all the nords tbh
@@mariosantos9045 If only the whole EU would run like the electronic system in Estonia. I live in the Åland Islands (also EU) and I absolutely love Estonia. When the pandemic was not around I often went there on trips and for shopping. And it's so beautiful and clean. Yes they have less money per person there but their growth is huge! We don't have much growth like they do. If the EU could run like that and eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy we could grow much more and be more efficient.
You should be more free market than Nordic. Expand your already existing and lower corporate taxes and it becomes perfect.
@@TheRishijoesanu maybe yes maybe not.
Now this is an interesting video! Ιn Greece we recently starting digitising a big part of our public administration with huge bureaucracy according to the Estonian model. Yet we're sooo far to reach Estonia. I think it would be nice to have a video with countries importing successful strategies from other countries.
As estonian, I can testify to agree to most of this video.. With a minor correction about the public transport.. .. it's free for local residents of particluar county. We feel less advanced as You paint the picture.. Our salaries are half of our neighboring countries as Sweden and Finland and we are not where we would like to be in a matter of corruption. Again Nordic coutries (Finland, Sweden, etc) are miles ahead of us.. That's It!!! We are, where we are today, thanks to our neighbours good excample and maybe making some decisions a little more suitable for us!
I love how Grant pokes fun of himself with #BringBackSimon
#BringBackSimon
#brushyourteethkids
everytime i see this guy i immediately brush my teeth
I knew there was gonna be at least 1 comment about TEETH, I even searched with control F
His piss gets jealous every time he smile
Greetings Estonia From Chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱
To visit Estonia today you would never know it had once been a Soviet Socialist Republic. It far more resembles a prosperous, thriving and modern Nordic nation like Finland, Sweden or Denmark.
unless you visit the countryside or... go away from the centres. Extreme poverty, unfair taxes, low social security... Estonia is good only if you are rich. Nordic countries for example care about their citizens, Estonia doesn't. Full of hatred, hate crime and people who struggle with their everyday life. Bad healthcare...... I could go on.
@@keithsoonoriginal …Russian sour grapes LOL….
I understand nothing but i still enjoy hearing him say Tartu as Tarüü, its bloody amazing
Thank you for the video.
Amazing!!!
Fired government employees? How utterly RADICAL! How on earth did they survive without government employees telling them what to do day night and Sunday? Their survival is a freaking miracle.
This how heaven should look like for me something like Estonia. Greeting from Ukraine.
But you can always come visit us, or even work and live here if u meet certain criteria.
Also Estonia everytime has more quality of life, better wages.
Yeah and that is due to its open market, not forced wages
@Amperoar ui A shrinking population is the norm in Europe and that's not good for the future of any economy.
@@HeadhuntexGamer quiet murican
Better wages doesn’t mean a thing. Nothing.
You have to have better wages without inflation which doesn’t happen nearly...anywhere.
@Amperoar ui it isnt tho. It is growing last... 5 years, i think.
Was in Tallin 2018, i really loved it there.
Nice to see that they are also leading in how to make a smaller state
Look Bald and Bankrupt channel movie - Eastonia!
And Bald Daily channel - The road to Paldiski.
pange like kui sa oled eestlane 🇪🇪🇪🇪
@@Etruioo translation: Put a like if you are Estonian :D
This vid was only the Taxes but there is so much more than taxes we do online. Buying a car and filing the documents from both parties is no longer than 7min and they will send the documents to your home address. Filing the construction/renovation papers for your real estate is the same thing and you usually get the answer in a week or so (PDF files needed from the architects and engineers thow). The health department is also online and you get your test results online and followup phone call usually the same day or the next if there is an issue).
There are many problems we still need to undertake for sure. but I am proud to be an Estonian.
the same in russia, almost everything is online, still we live in shit
@@sampejke All being online is not the only thing that matters ;)
Please check most important fact about Estonia. Independence was declared on 24 February 1918.
But then the USSR invaded them...
@@diogorodrigues747 yes, Estonia was annexed by Soviet Union 6 August 1940 - 20 August 1991. But its important to use right word about the year 1991 - declared RESTORATION of independence.
@@anfisanechehova477 to be precise, Estonia was occupied, but not annexed. Annexation causes a country to not exist. Estonia had embassies and other stuff still running throughout the whole soviet era.
So it was a long occupation, but not an annexation. ;)
@@GigAHerZ64 yes, of course it was also occupied, but the dates are different and if we speak about occupation, there was also few years of Nazis occupation.
Very informative video ❤️.
Ethiopian here and if you don't grease hands, you will leave the tax bureau in tears. We could learn a ton from Estonia about reducing bureaucracy and corruption.
When comparing numbers it would be awesome to see some graphs or at least some numbers on the video. You went through the numbers so quickly that I had to go back to understand the difference in between. thank you for a awesome video😉
Good video. I like learning more about other countries.
As I like history It would be nice if you did a video on Ireland. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Look Lucas T. Jahn video Estonia Travel Documentary . Estonia The Baltic Tiger is nice too.
And Bald and Bankrupt channel movie Eastonia
And Daily Bald channel movie The road to Paldiski .
In Portugal some right wing libertarian politicians have talked about the Estonia tax system. But the commies hate seeing people having more money to spend ...
cries in portuguese
IL lets gooooo
Conservative statist here. Libertarians tend to advocate for destroying central banking systems, eliminating most taxes, and most importantly, removing public services/infrastructure/public spending. Perhaps that is why the "commies" have a problem with them. Or perhaps it has to do with their liberal stance on drug usage.
Pelo o que leio na imprensa parece é que não há impostos sufecientes.
Or maybe you have some weird ideas about what they think and like. If Portugal were to follow this model and if it'd work just as well as with Estonia, I don't think any actual communist would be saying that it's a bad thing, even inside of capitalism, a country can do terribly or very well for its citizens.
What they would probably still oppose, is capitalism and all the problems it would still generate, even if it's a better and fairer form of it.
@@mariosantos9045 Not enough hype Mário, mete caps lock nisso, pá
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Estonia love from Botswana u are awesome
To my knowledge Botswana and Estonia are the only countries in the world that have only blue, black and white colors on their country flag.
@@hendriktonisson2915 true I never noticed that even more♥️
Love to see positive content about my country 🇪🇪
What brought my attention to Estonia, actually from movie Tenet :)
Atleast one of stock clips was from Riga, the one with (presumably Tallink) boat. :)
Noticed the same :P
Americans must be crying everytime they see a video on how they would have used their wealth to benefit the citizens.
Instead of constant war.
Definitely, especially those of us who actually know how much waste goes to endless oil wars and needless killing.
@@bretthorting9400 like Biden's Syria bombing
If they don't invest on their military then they wouldn't be a power anymore...
@@ChristianDoretti By reducing their military budget by 10%, which won't really change much in their military power, they would have enough money for both healthcare for everyone in the country and fix their education system at the same time.
@@bretthorting9400 those oil wars are one of the reason why they are rich though lol
Watching this video as a Portuguese is so painfull
Portugal is getting a lot better as well, it’s just not growing as fast as Estonia.
Actually I just noticed the Green line is Greece not Portugal at 8:41. Portugal is richer than Greece.
The simple and low taxes help decrease tax evasion. Meaning revenue from taxes is in fact higher. Also, the ability to check if your employer has indeed paid the taxes, is a good thing. And to actually see the taxes you pay, go to be used effectively, also improves how many ppl pay taxes.
Finland: In here we can also do our taxes in couple of minutes. But Estonia is a real role model for us too. Especially our conservative politicians are often jelous of 20% tax rate and how they use internet to reduce buroucracy. Also, Estonia is our favorite holiday destination :D
and estonia also uses many systems learning from the finns
Which places in Estonia do you usually visit?
Omg i love you so much biggest fan
the scale of this shift to digital first hit me around 2003, when our school switched from a soviet-style system of noting grades and marks in a physical journal/book to a web-based platform called eKool (e-school).
Love Estonia from Germany
🥰
In Sweden the tax authorities also give the possibility to do your tax declaration online in a minutes time. But all the elderly can still declare their taxes on paper in mere minutes. Actually it takes longer to write down the address on the envelope and put on a stamp than to declare your taxes, for most people. The calculus is already done both on the internet and on the paper tax declarations. All you have to do is sign the papers and write down the date and place. But I always use the internet, it is even easier and we have a super safe digital signing procedure.
Swedish tax return is simple. Question 1 : How much money did you earn? Put amount in column A. Send amount in column A to us (Skatteverket)
@@bluefender9489 Well at least we have the possibility to not get broke or even die in the process of getting cancer. Question1: How much money did you earn? Put amount in column A. Send amount in column A to us (General hospital)
Sweden has one of the most complex tax systems in the world, something you really start to notice when you start to scale.
@@alexanderdiazlarsson829 I cannot say anything about that. But I have started up a business here. You need to keep check. Tell me, if you have scaled up, did you also hire or contract book keepers?
why did they have to use soviet songs tho
What a great idea! I'm going to start my Air B&B today. Wish me luck!
A country with no bureaucracy? Sounds like paradise.
Estonia can into Nordic
ruclips.net/video/U-MPpgCCglc/видео.html
Estonian here. The Estonia into Nordic is just a silly old meme and not a serious thing.
All I knew about Estonia before this video was the running gag of "Estonia cannot into Nordic sphere" from Polandball. That might be a fun video to do in of itself.
We hope that one day nordic countries will recognize us as a nordic country
Estonian here. Estonia being a nordic wannbe is a silly old meme and not a serious thing. We don't need to be Nordic. Estonian is better than Nordic. If we were not occupied by the Soviets we would probably have better economy than the Nordics.
@@hendriktonisson2915 It's not just a meme, there are very many who agree we'd like to be considered nordic. No clue what yer on about, mate.
@@MrChaosCL I happen to know many people who think pretending to be Scandinavian/Nordic is ridiculous.
The timing of this video ties in nicely with the Estonia citizenship promotion tweets
You can't get free ride in every town.
Greetings from Chechnya and Ingushetia!
Greetings to you from Estonia!
Estonia. Sounds like they nicked their tax system from the Young People's Party UK.
Like a lot of successful economies land and its taxation is key.
I'm from Estonia and even I didn't know some of this :D but the taxes part is definatly really amazing and fast :)
I love your delivery - so engaging. You are one of the best presenters on RUclips. You have been able to strike the perfect level of enthusiasm, being energised and interested without it being a façade. I have only just returned to watching VisualPolitic and am now catching up on what I have missed.
I do have one piece of advice, and please do not take this as an insult since it is not intended as such. I don't know if you are a heavy drinker of tea or coffee, but you need to get your teeth whitened. I am a little hard of hearing, so when watching someone speak, I spend most of the time looking at their mouths. You have a lovely smile, but perhaps now that you are a media personality you should investigate some tooth whitening options. Who knows, it might be as simple as changing to a whitening toothpaste.
Thank you for all your work, I love it.
Public transport is only free in Tallinn.
Nope. Its free in most municipalities for locals.
Been to Tallinn, Haapsalu and Tartu.
Can say from personal experience its free in those places
põhimõtteliselt igalpool on
@@Kentpent No ei ole igal pool tasuta. See, et Tallinnas on tasuta linnatransport ja paljudes omavalitsustes tasuta bussisõit, ei tähenda, et kogu ühistransport riigis oleks tasuta, mida see video väidab.
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@Bhavani Aadhila There are unprofessionals out there, but you can’t deny the fact there are still professionals out there for investors
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That is very valuable for other countries, because they demonstrate many things that could seem to be impossible. And it helps for changing to be like this to understand what is possible and how to do it, as a base to use science.
Wow, I wish taxes in Germany were so straightforward. As a tax clerk you have a three-year apprenticeship, tax auditors need a college degree. And I had two tax lectures in my studies in economics and there for each lecture at least three law books with at least 1000 pages needed. I was happy to have just passed the lectures. For my income tax return I needed special software, many need help from a tax clerk.
In Germany there are also hardly any computers in the schools and if so then very outdated. And we'd rather not talk about the development of the Internet, especially in rural areas.
Well done, Estonia!
Like, from Tallinn ^-^
Everyone comment on Grant's teeth. Back then It was Simon's green beard
Bro his teeth is yellow or green 😲 bro does he brush his teeth properly?
It'd be interesting to have that system implemented in Canada. On one hand, a big government workforce is there to provide jobs and keep the country together, but on the other hand; with a less expensive government with the same economic output is also capable of providing even more financial aid to the provinces and achieve the same purpose.
Effective and streamlined nations. Beautiful. We need more of that.
Big fan of the PM, too, Kaja Kallas. Hottie.
I want to visit Estonia. I've learned about because my favourite hard cider is from there.
Oh, which one?
@@MrChaosCL it's called Scandinavian Cider, found it in the local supermarket here in California.
That’s the most random reason for visiting another country I’ve ever heard.
I wish Spain did like Estonia...
I am from Estonia and yes generally it is true that there is as little bureaucracy and you can communicate with the government digitally BUT you have to bear in mind that we are still net money receivers from European funds also we are already reforming some part of the systems as we go (the pension system for example)
Shout out to Simon, come visit sometime.
Keep up the good work Grant and Team.
Love Estonias system!
Hello, Estonian here! There isn't free public transportation for all in Estonia. As far as I know there is free transportation in Tallinn for Tallinn citizens and maybe in Tartu? (not sure about that) Anyways I loved your video!
Morris, kui sa EI TEA, siis miks sa siin kommid/kirjutad?!
@@mata9154 ma ei teadnud Tartu transpordi situatioonist a Tallinnas küll ainult elanikele
Some counties too
Transportasion is free (when u by a card 2€) travel 300km and more 😀
As an expat living in Estonia it's pretty grand.
Similar policies are working also in Latvia and Lithuania at certain point. BTW, on some footages you had Riga (Latvia), which was the case for 14th minute ship on the river;)
I mean, we all have a guilty pleasure for the Russian anthem, but calm it down! You, me and the Estonians are still all in NATO
Man, signing in for ENEM test (like a pubic brazilian SAT) takes more than 5 min. Actually, it takes much more than that. They ask even how many refrigerators there are in your home. Seriously, I'm no joking.
my God . but why would they ask that? 😳
Same with Malaysian "banci". They asked if I had a water filter at home 😂
@@curlyyhair777 because due to social inequality the Enem wants to know which of the two categories you will be judged on, for example if you are poor or part of minorities you will compete with others like you, poor or minorities, with you to try to make a fair competition and get a vacancy in a college since many public and private colleges accept the Enem grade as a valid entry assessment.
@@silverknightgundam1196 I understand, just like (SAT) here in the USA.
Since you're bringing public transportation up, it's actually free in Tallinn, the capital city and on all regional buses around Estonia. Most towns still have a paid public transport system although we're slowly moving towards free public transport everywhere.
Legacy systems, entrenched interests, make radical reforms difficult, even if it were for the better. Estonia had the luxury of starting from scratch. Also, a small population.
Probably some aspects of automation, and efficiency, can be imported, or provide some inspiration, in specific niches. This would be helped by blockchain for some business processes (B2B), smart contracts, various means to eliminate the "middle man". Voting might still be questionable, as many computer security experts warn.
I my self am Estonian and i realy dont like when videos of Estonia are shown with russians hymn we have our own hymn and we are proud of it so next time please but Estonina hymn over Estonina videos thanks
Suht suva tegelt
Still our hymn is 50% finnish
@@margussakk126 That's ok, the Finns are our brothers.
Idk if that has changed since, but when I lived in Tartu in 2019, Tickets weren't free for all. Only some buses which went into rural areas were free for students. In Tallinn, public transport was, to my knowledge, free only for registered Tallinn residents.
Of course its free only for local people. They pay taxes in there. Duh..
It depends on the county. Intercity transport between major cities like Tallinn and Tartu isn't free but bus transport between more rural areas where this policy has been applied is free of charge.
The host in the video is so awed by free public transport in Tallinn, that he thinks it's free in the rest of the country, too :/
Our country (Georgia) has followed almost the same model, but, with three differences, a later start (starting in 2003), no welfare state, and unstable, poor quality governance. Despite our problems with governance and a later start, following something similar to the Estonian model has resulting is good economic growth since 2003. If we could only fix the governance problem we'll be in a similar position as Estonian in around 5-10 years.
great video!
On the topic of public transport in Tallinn and other major cities here, they are free IF you're a registered resident of that city, otherwise you have to pay