Exactly! Me, I go to work, I take home basically half, one quarter is taxes that I will never see back because the roads are so so fixed but if I need healthcare I’m totally fucking screwed. First off even for regular checkups I have to pay extra cuz a continues 1/5th of my pay isn’t enough to cover my doctor’s vacation and the drug company’s CEO’s personal ball scrubbers. As soon as I get a Mayor thing happen they will raise my premiums to the company and the company will secretly start recording everything I do wrong so that they can fire me as soon as I make my first wrong action. Noe without a job and healthcare, the orange turd is fighting social security and free healthcare. Plus I’m brown enough to live in fear of getting an accidental deportation parking ticket. Here, you hit the wrong car and they can apparently blast your front door. How does ant of that even help me? I much rather put all my benefits in a savings account and then fly to Tijuana for the amputation or whatever.
Comment on My Take Home Pay
Enkrod@feddit.org 3 days ago
My Take-Home in Germany is a little less than two thirds of my pay.
The difference is that I’m happy with it, because I get my moneys worth in return. Holy shit healthcare alone is just so goddamn cheap compared to what all my health issues would cost extra in the US.
Yes, rich assholes not paying their fair share is a problem over here too, but far less than in the US and honestly, for my personal happiness it’s far more important that I can see the positive impact my taxes have on me and in my community.
I think that’s the biggest difference, are taxes levied for mutual benefit or to funnel money to the mayors/governors/presidents daughters company and thus are a means to rob the populace? Over here it’s overwhelmingly for mutual benefit.
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Enkrod@feddit.org 3 days ago
First off even for regular checkups I have to pay extra cuz a continues 1/5th of my pay isn’t enough
That is so wild. The US has the most expensive system in the world and often not that great service in return and somehow so many are convinced that their broken system is so much better… I guess that’s partly explained by an also broken education system. That’s something that always has been broken as far as I can remember, but now it’ll get sooooo much worse under Trump.
Plus I’m brown enough to live in fear of getting an accidental deportation parking ticket. Here, you hit the wrong car and they can apparently blast your front door. How does any of that even help me?
Aaaaaand another thing that’s getting sooooo much worse under Trump. And all paid for by your taxes.
I’ll emphasize though, the problem isn’t taxes, it’s a broken political system where 0.01% of the population pay for 50% or more of political campaigning and the people have allowed their representatives to create a system of government that fucks them over for reasons that appeal to their basest instincts.
Tja@programming.dev 3 days ago
Health care, childcare, infrastructure (Bahn jokes aside), unemployment benefits, social programs, education…