• shifty51@sh.itjust.works
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          From 62 to 64, and they rioted. For comparison Canada retirement age is 65 and many is states is 67. Your statement implies that the French retirement age is an outlier and it’s really not.

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          “Astronomically”.

          This is like making fun of a fireman using a bucket of water that’s twice as large as your bucket to put out a house fire.

          They pay twice as much in taxes. Vs the ludicrous cost of most basic citizen necessities in the United States .

          Pay twice as much in taxes, you get affordable/basically free healthcare and adorable/basically free higher education(medical school is 2k a year in France). Affordable, reliable long-distance transportation/physical transportation infrastructure, a living and functional social security, but sure. Careful of those taxes you could pay that would cover all basic human necessities plus all major financial concerns until you croak.

          As an example, instead of paying $3,000 in taxes per year, you could pay $6,000 in taxes per year, and you would be free to pursue any education you liked, including medical school, for $1000-$2000 per year instead of paying 30k per year just to learn core classes. Good thing you saved that 3k during tax season.

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              You don’t want health care, social security or education?

              You think that right now your taxes are only paying for things you want?

              You’d rather pay $33000 for an emergency appendectomy you had no preparation for than $4000?

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                You don’t want health care, social security or education?

                Not to the extent that I would be paying in taxes under a socialized system, no.

                You think that right now your taxes are only paying for things you want?

                Lack of perfection is not an excuse for not pursuing improvement.

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                  Implying you would rather pay an extra 30k for a surgery.

                  There’s no “extent”. You get the same or better services(France is ranked 7th in healthcare, US is 30th worldwide), but far cheaper.

                  https://ceoworld.biz/2021/04/27/revealed-countries-with-the-best-health-care-systems-2021/

                  Lack of perfection blah blah…

                  Thank you, this is my point: Other countries are doing healthcare and education better than the US, cheaper for everyone, with less bureaucracy and better results.

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                    Implying you would rather pay an extra 30k for a surgery.

                    Absolutely, considering the absolutely gargantuan savings over time.

                    Other countries are doing healthcare and education better than the US, cheaper for everyone

                    It’s hardly cheaper, unless you’re the type to just pretend taxes don’t count

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              Sounds a lot like “it’s not my problem until it actually affects me personally”.

              I don’t know why people want to avoid paying as little taxes as possible when it basically improves the infrastructures/services in their own communities.

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                Sounds a lot like “it’s not my problem until it actually affects me personally”.

                That is, fundamentally, the definition of “my problem”. If I’m not effected, it isn’t my problem, simply by nature of not effecting me. Not exactly sure what point you’re trying to make with it.

                I don’t know why people want to avoid paying as little taxes as possible when it basically improves the infrastructures/services in their own communities

                Because I have little interest in community services and infrastructure.

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                  I mean, when you consider the US government spends more (almost twice as much) on healthcare per capita than most countries with free healthcare, you’re literally paying more taxes for it AND you have to shell out 50k$ when something bad happens.

                  Your only argument is “Taxes bad” even when we’re talking about a system that would actually cost less taxes, just because it has a side effect of also helping less fortunate people.

                  How much more egocentric can you get lmao

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                    you’re literally paying more taxes for it AND you have to shell out 50k$ when something bad happens

                    And yet my taxes are significantly lower than if I were in any of the countries with socialized systems.