I think a country should fight against taxation by private parties, i.e. it work hard to prevent that a monopoly can extract revenues in ways that the 'customers' cannot avoid, because the incentives are encouraging unchecked parasitism.
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Replying to @Plinz @MostlyDev
Without competition they can charge you whatever they bc there is no alternative . That’s why medicine is so expensive and good schools . Instead of private companies owning things you can’t live without what difference would it make if the government owns it . They are the same
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People. The expensive would stay the same , it would still be payed by the same people who are paying the same big bills now. Only in taxes this time . Which means fewer money for the middle class to accommodate the poorest .The wealth still goes to the same people. Which are the
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Like I said , still the same people. I lived in Europe most of my life and can’t say the standard of living was higher than in America. On the contrary the inequality of income is much bigger. You have the government and than you have the rest .. Look at France.
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Replying to @nr1woman @MostlyDev
The Gini coefficient (income inequality) of the US is higher than for European countries. And 4K a month buys a family a middle class existence in Berlin (inner city apartment, daycare, healthcare, food etc.) that is better than what you get for 10K in Boston or 20K in SF.
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The problem is that this cost of living does not buy you a high standard. Public infrastructure, individual building quality, services and safety are crap.
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