Comment on Rich People Are Becoming Less Willing to Help With the World’s Problems
tankplanker@lemmy.world 3 days agoAre you accounting for everything that’s included in UK taxation such as health care and state pension?
Comment on Rich People Are Becoming Less Willing to Help With the World’s Problems
tankplanker@lemmy.world 3 days agoAre you accounting for everything that’s included in UK taxation such as health care and state pension?
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
We’re talking about median, and the median person in the US gets employer provided healthcare and usually some form of employer pension/401k contribution plus social security, so I don’t think those would be much different cost wise for a median US vs UK resident. I’m sure Britain uses there taxes better than us and has better benefits, especially for the poor, but I don’t think that fully accounts for the gap.
tankplanker@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So they don’t pay a penny towards those costs? For the median? As thats a lot of people.
As its entirely wrapped in the tax already accounted for in that net income with the UK tax payer.
I wasn’t expecting it to be the whole difference but I do know those that have to pay in the US pay a significant chunk of change.