| ▲ | hparadiz 3 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
You forget that the college expense is temporary while the taxes are forever. And Germany still makes you get private insurance for medical. A single year of taxes in Germany based on my current American income would pay for all of that you just said. So then my question for you is. What were you doing with your money in those other years? I hope it was saving it. Because otherwise I'm gonna eye roll hard at you wanting to increase taxes on everyone just to get a small cut in how much you pay during one fiscal year. Seems silly. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ceejayoz 2 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> You forget that the college expense is temporary while the taxes are forever. I see you're unfamiliar with American student loans. > And Germany still makes you get private insurance for medical. We spend about double what you do for healthcare, inclusive of both private and public spending. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OECD_health_expendit... > What were you doing with your money in those other years? An enormous amount of it has been going to healthcare for about twenty years now. This wasn't our first year of such costs. | |||||||||||||||||
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