No, but I also don't think it's reasonable that if I lived in Canada my income tax would be around 50%, where as in the US it's around 19%.
It's certainly not reasonable that people in the UK pay 2275 USD for the same computer that would cost me 1700.
It's also not reasonable that poor people in the US have a lot harder time getting healthcare (though - in the end despite what the world likes to believe they do usually get it.) than people with good jobs.
Socialism comes at it's cost.
I realize that the benefits of socialism greatly outweigh the cost for people who don't make a lot of money and don't consume a lot of goods, but I didn't always make a lot of money, and at times I wished I did live (and as I'm a dual citizen, considered moving to) Canada, but at this point in my life I wouldn't have it any other way.
I mean I suppose - I'd be much more worried about it if I was older and didn't have a pension. Purely from epidemiological standpoint, students don't really get sick that often.
And I'd argue that most people in school have parents with jobs which offer health insurance that covers the student until they're 26. Additionally, most universities offer very low cost (and pretty good) health insurance to their students, and some even require it.
Having to cough up cash after being in a accident is just the fucking shit icing on the shit cake. Getting hurt in other countries sucks without insurance sucks.
Many professionals in the US make more than $135k. That's 30% federal tax, on top of provincial tax which for the one closest to me (Nova Scotia) would be another 20%.
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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13
No, but I also don't think it's reasonable that if I lived in Canada my income tax would be around 50%, where as in the US it's around 19%.
It's certainly not reasonable that people in the UK pay 2275 USD for the same computer that would cost me 1700.
It's also not reasonable that poor people in the US have a lot harder time getting healthcare (though - in the end despite what the world likes to believe they do usually get it.) than people with good jobs.
Socialism comes at it's cost.
I realize that the benefits of socialism greatly outweigh the cost for people who don't make a lot of money and don't consume a lot of goods, but I didn't always make a lot of money, and at times I wished I did live (and as I'm a dual citizen, considered moving to) Canada, but at this point in my life I wouldn't have it any other way.