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It isn't just taxes, Denmark pays for their social democracy with neocolonialist super profits including capitalist exploitation of Greenland and bank accounts that are still paying interest on profits from being the largest shareholder of the slave trade.
Don’t mention the fact that 40% of premiums go to shareholders and admin fees
But…. Jackasses will tell you, I don’t have kids, why should I pay for education and daycare? Etc. etc.
Because someone needs to manage your health issues eventually for starters.
I also live in a country with very high tax and I'd need to make more than 120k USD per year to have the same standard of living if I lived in the USA. It's impossible to make that much driving trains and also working 40 hours a week in the US as far as I know. Lower tier blue collar work is even worse.
Low tax is for billionaires.
we ARE socialists AND we’re better at accounting
Fixed some typos
Socialism is just smart: organizing expensive stuff at really large scale, without greedy shareholders, just makes it more effective.
All it takes is an efficiently organized government and a voting system that works for the people, not the elites
democratic socialism is more of a liberal thing and not the same as socialism.
You mean social democracy instead of democratic socialism
probably.
but this feels like that life of Brian sketch
Could you direct me to the judean people's front ?
No, Denmark is not socialist. Socialized services under capitalism and literally collectivizing ownership of industry under socialism are very different regimes, even though they stem from a common conceptual foundation and share a linguistic root. Neither are bad ideas! But the former is still literally capitalism.
Nordic counties are social democracies (which is what you explained) not socialist
They still operate within the boundaries of capitalism with a free market except with a strong welfare state. The means of production aren’t l owned by the workers.
I'm reminded of the 1/3rd pound hamburger thing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-pound_burger ) . People, and it feels like especially americans, are kind of stupid with money, math, and value.
Shoutout to the one idiot American who downvoted you.
You really sabotaged your post with the red.
I didn't make this meme, but realize my mistake
Made it more clear for everyone who couldn't find the info.
Doing the Lord's work. I missed half of OP due to lack of red outlines.
OOP shoulda just edited the CSS to add
* {
border: 1px red solid;
}
Ohhhhhh I'm supposed to laugh thank you for the emojis!
Shit, I thought it was a fight to the death what with all the bleeding going on. Or wait, is it a funny fight to the death?
now I get it!
I hope you don't mind, the language of your screen caught my attention and it made me curious. How many languages do you speak or study? I see you're from Brazil, with a computer apparently using Dutch, while using English on a forum. That's really cool.
I’ve already added this to user CSS. Without it, the web is just unusable.
lol
When I was a kid, this wasn't even something worth solving. "They pay more, but they're happy? Fuck it, would rather be there than here." I know I didn't pay taxes at the time, but does it really matter if everyone there is happy?
Jokes on you, I cost taxes!
You can make fun of demark for legitimate shit. Like the little mermaid or putting people with long covid in psych wards or just being shittier Holland. That last one really bugs the Danes. Or Belgium if we're talking politics.
Now accepting tolls in crypto and euros
I did the math in the USA. When I was married with kids my effective rate for a the highest year was 52%. My last year as a single male and all kids over 26, it was 46%. Effective, not marginal, because that matters in the USA as we don’t track those “other salary deductions” for taxes. Effective for those ready to argue include stupid shit like deductibles, copays, uncovered care, out of network care (that happens more than you think with kids). one year we spent 40k (max. In network deductible) because one of my kids had a spiral fracture of his leg on a growth section that had he not endured 3 (THREE) surgeries, he would be left side shorter. That was 190k for all surgeries and 40k out of pocket. Dental, HSA, FSA, Vision, Medical… People need to realize that even though its pre tax, you’re still paying for it and that needs to be considered for effective rate.
I was offered a job in Denmark, so I know this for fact: Denmark was a near match at marginal rate to USA effective rate assuming I never needed critical care in the USA (i would be in debt). BUT, Denmark has effective tax rates in the 40% for those making less than 85k (USD). I think there’s a rich person tax above that at 49%, but I never accepted the job because my Ex wife was a shithead so I didn’t find out.
I’m now in spain paying around 47% effective, but get Beckhams law will make that be 24% at tax time for the next 10 years. After that I need to pay like everyone else and at 10 years I get a pension (small one) for spain.
So yes, Americans pay more. Waaaaay more.
Why pay for healthcare when you can pay for israeli genocide
Israel has healthcare paid with taxes. And our taxes fund 12-15% of their military.
Dems should introduce the same healthcare plan and if anyone votes against it call them antisemitic.
Btw, Israel has universal healthcare.
Cause paying for all the genocide is being done by the West.
average maga voter is happy to drain their entire bank account if it means minorities will suffer
This but unironically. They've given up on happiness and their only remaining life goal is to ensure everyone they have the ability to punch down on suffers worse than they do.
I'm not being clever either, Innuendo Studios literally has an Alt-Right Playbook video on this.
