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The plan is built on welfare encompassing everyone who lives in the country and that social insurance should be universal and comprehensive, and it explicitly rejects the idea that people should be pressured through worse conditions. Qualification rules that risk child poverty and affect people with disabilities contradict that, as does high-income earners qualifying faster. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's objections.

• general welfaredecisive»Att välfärden omfattar alla som bor i vårt land har länge varit en viktig del i det som gjort Sverige till ett tryggt och jämlikt land.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That welfare encompasses everyone who lives in our country has long been an important part of what has made Sweden a secure and equal country.”
• rejects the whip as incentive»Högerns idé är att invandrade, sjuka och arbetslösa är lata och om vi får det sämre så tvingas vi prestera bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The right-wing idea is that immigrants, sick people and unemployed are lazy and if we get worse conditions we are forced to perform better.”
• universal social insurance»Att socialförsäkringarna är allmänna och heltäckande gör dem« (party programme ↗)“That social insurance is universal and comprehensive makes them”
• security with disability»På samma sätt ska du som lever med funktionsnedsättning kunna lita på att du får det stöd du behöver« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the same way you who live with a disability should be able to rely on getting the support you need”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires a robust social safety net and that no children grow up in poverty, and that obstacles for people with disabilities be removed. Qualification rules that risk increased child poverty and that give high-income earners a faster route to benefits conflict with the plan's distribution principles. Moreover, the plan wants to increase the state's grants to municipalities, which bears the demand for compensation.

• no child povertydecisive»Ett samhälle där barn inte växer upp i fattigdom.« (party programme ↗)“A society where children do not grow up in poverty.”
• robust social safety net»Socialt skyddsnät under hela livet, med robusta socialförsäkringar« (party programme ↗)“Social safety net throughout life, with robust social insurance”
• protection for those with disabilities»Undanröjda hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Removed obstacles for people with disabilities to participate in social life.”
• increased state grants to municipalities»Vi vill fortsätta öka statens bidrag till kommuner och regioner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue increasing the state's grants to municipalities and regions.”

The plan establishes that solidarity is not conditional, that safety-net systems shall cover everyone, and that no child shall grow up in poverty. Qualifying rules that link benefit entitlements to establishment, which progress faster for high-income earners, conflict with that principle and shift costs onto municipalities. The counter-proposal's objections thus follow from the plan.

• unconditional solidaritydecisive»Vår solidaritet är inte villkorad till att arbeta i sektorer med kollektivavtal.« (party programme ↗)“Our solidarity is not conditional on working in sectors with collective agreements.”
• no child in poverty»I det nya gröna folkhemmet ska inte ett enda barn växa upp i fattigdom« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the new green people's home, not a single child shall grow up in poverty”
• safety-net systems for everyone»Målet är att detta trygghetssystem ska omfatta alla« (party programme ↗)“The goal is that this safety-net system shall cover everyone”
• support for disabilities»förbättra stödet för personer med funktionsnedsättning och sällsynta diagnoser oavsett var du bor i landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve support for people with disabilities and rare diagnoses regardless of where you live in the country.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that newly arrived should qualify into the security systems and that it should pay more to go from benefits to work, which is precisely the connection between integration and benefits that the counter-proposal criticizes. The plan also wants to put more resources on the core of welfare and less on benefits. The plan's commitment to basic security provides some support for the counter-proposal's concern, but the qualification line carries more weight.

• qualifying for security systemsdecisive»Nyanlända bör kvalificera sig in i trygghetssystemen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Newly arrived should qualify into the security systems.”
• incentives to work»Vi vill att det ska löna sig mer att gå från bidrag till arbete, och att fler med kortare utbildning och erfarenhet ska ha möjlighet att få enkla jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want it to pay more to go from benefits to work, and more with shorter education and experience should have the opportunity to get simple jobs.”
• less to benefits»Mer pengar ska läggas på välfärdens kärna, mindre på bidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More money should go to the core of welfare, less to benefits.”
• economic basic security»Välfärden ska innefatta sociala skyddsnät som förmår skapa en god ekonomisk grundtrygghet.« (party programme ↗)“Welfare shall include social safety nets that create good economic basic security.”

The plan's line is that more shall contribute and fewer go on benefits, and it wants to explicitly attract qualified labour, inter alia through lower expert tax. A stronger link between establishment and benefits, with faster qualification at higher income, lies in that direction. The counter-proposal's objections to precisely this have no support in the plan, even though the plan wants to give special support to low-income families with children.

• stronger employment linedecisive»Fler måste bidra – färre måste gå på bidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must contribute – fewer must go on benefits.”
• qualified labour migration»Det behövs mer kvalificerad arbetskraftsinvandring till vårt land.« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for more qualified labour migration to our country.”
• attract key employees»Vi vill göra optionsbeskattningen internationellt konkurrenskraftig och sänka expertskatten så att svenska företag ska kunna locka hit utländska nyckelmedarbetare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make option taxation internationally competitive and lower the expert tax so that Swedish businesses can attract foreign key employees.”
• support for vulnerable families with children»Barnfamiljer med låg inkomst och hög boendekostnad ska kunna få särskilt stöd.« (party programme ↗)“Families with children on low income and high housing costs shall be able to receive special support.”

The plan requires that tax and benefit systems are designed so that people's own initiative is encouraged and benefit dependency is counteracted, and the election manifesto establishes strict migration policy to address social exclusion. A stronger link between establishment and entitlement to benefits follows from this. The counter-proposal wants to soften the qualifying rules and therefore goes against the plan, even though the child perspective qualifies.

• counteract benefit dependencydecisive»Skatte- och bidragssystemen måste utformas så att människors egen kraft och engagemang uppmuntras, och att bidragsberoende motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Tax and benefit systems must be designed so that people's own initiative and commitment are encouraged, and benefit dependency is counteracted.”
• strict migration policy»Stram migrationspolitik krävs för att ta itu med integrationsproblem och utanförskap.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strict migration policy is required to address integration problems and social exclusion.”
• personal responsibility in integration»Utgångspunkt för integrationspolitiken är att ge människor förutsättningar att kunna ta ansvar för sitt eget liv.« (party programme ↗)“The starting point for integration policy is to give people conditions to be able to take responsibility for their own lives.”
• best interests of the child»Barnets bästa ska vara styrande i all familjepolitik och vid alla beslut som rör barn.« (party programme ↗)“The best interests of the child shall be guiding in all family policy and in all decisions concerning children.”

The plan contains an explicit commitment to requiring qualification for welfare for newcomers through work or permanent and legal residence, and that those who have immigrated qualify for benefits through work and education. The counter-proposal specifically targets that link between establishment and eligibility for benefits. The plan also wants to stop deportations of skilled workers and facilitate highly skilled labour, which speaks in favour of the higher income level.

• qualification for welfaredecisive»Införa kvalificering till välfärden för nyanlända genom eget arbete eller genom permanent och laglig bosättning i landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce qualification for welfare for newcomers through work or through permanent and legal residence in the country”
• benefits based on work»Se till att den som invandrat kvalificerar sig till olika välfärdsförmåner genom arbete och utbildning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that those who have immigrated qualify for various welfare benefits through work and education”
• gradual path into welfare»bygga på kvalificering och vara stegvis.« (party programme ↗)“be based on qualification and be gradual.”
• attract top expertise»Sätta stopp för kompetensutvisningarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop deportations of skilled workers”

The plan demands that access to the social security system is tied closer to citizenship and work, that rights to welfare are given in line with language learning and work and that it becomes more difficult to exploit Swedish welfare. The counter-proposal's objections to the qualifying rules want in practice to soften precisely the link the plan builds on. The demand is therefore rejected on substance.

• welfare tied to workdecisive»Tillgång till socialförsäkringssystemet och svensk välfärd ska knytas närmre medborgarskapet och arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Access to the social security system and Swedish welfare shall be tied closer to citizenship and work.”
• demand-based qualifying»Utforma en kravbaserad integrationspolitik som ger rättigheter till välfärden i takt med språkinlärning, arbete och slutligen medborgarskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Design a demand-based integration policy that gives rights to welfare in line with language learning, work and finally citizenship”
• harder to exploit welfare»Göra det svårare att exploatera den svenska välfärden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it more difficult to exploit Swedish welfare”
• raised welfare threshold»Skärpa villkoren för medborgarskap och höja tröskeln för att ta del av skattefinansierad välfärd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten conditions for citizenship and raise the threshold for accessing tax-financed welfare”