Post #2636227

2025-05-28 22:35 UTC

@nafmo@social.vivaldi.net @dirtyoldtown@mefi.social @lachralle@social.vivaldi.net To be fair, Americans pay taxes, too ( and it's often a lot closer to European rates than you'd think), but all of that money is redistributed to oligarchs. Us taxes absolutely are wealth redistribution, but it's primarily from the middle class to the ultra wealthy.

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@sabik@rants.au 2025-05-29 01:45

@Njord@mastodon.gamedev.place @nafmo@social.vivaldi.net @dirtyoldtown@mefi.social @lachralle@social.vivaldi.net In fact, US government spending on healthcare is similar to or higher than government spending on healthcare in Germany

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@Njord@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-05-29 07:54

@nafmo@social.vivaldi.net @dirtyoldtown@mefi.social @lachralle@social.vivaldi.net Social Insurance and Sales taxes are about half as high in the US as the EU, but property taxes make up for a LOT of that difference, since they're generally several thousand dollars a year. Income taxes, on the other hand cap out at 49% if you live in California (and roughly the same in New York city, which has a municipal income tax as well as state and federal), because you pay income tax both to the State and Federal government.

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