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13178401, ^^^ post over. i remember arguing 20 yrs ago w/ some simple ass
Posted by poetx, Thu Jul-27-17 08:27 PM
woman from sweden or somefuckinwhere. if i paid 50% in taxes but had free (or damn near free) :

health care
college

and a buncha other shit, hell yeah i would do that. if you take what we pay in taxes and then ADD to it how much we pay for healthcare, education and other shit, we pay more.

whole year maternity and paternity leave and shit. 5 week vacations on the j-o. NOT having to work mad overtime. labor protections.

>tax revenue as distributed to the services the provide. If
>people are paying that in taxes but it is subsidizing a better
>quality of life because of health care, free college, paid
>family leave and time off, etc then "less" in taxes can be
>somewhat deceptive. I'm paying taxes + insurance + student
>loans, and barely have to show for it what a man in Denmark
>with the same hustle is getting with his fixed tax rate.
>
>imho.

problem is the less racially homogenized the country, the less social safety net. white ppl, en masse, would rather starve, get sick and die than have brown babies not die of hunger and preventable illness.




peace & blessings,

x.

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