Comment Re:well.... (Score 2) 45
And that makes it less likely that this will happen,
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And that makes it less likely that this will happen,
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if Britannia was still a big imperialist bully, it just might take over Europe
Brr, now that's a scary thought. We'd all be reading the Daily Mail and die in an NHS approved shithole that they call a "hospital". Oh, not to mention the fact that there would be 150 CCTV cameras per person. Including one in your bedroom. For the safety of the children, of course.
Could you now please make the US stop trying to destroy what we built up because they're afraid and envious of our success and wealth?
You didn't build a damned thing. If it weren't for the U.S., you would still be speaking German.
52% is quite normal tax for higher incomes in the EU, but we're not a communist country, although if you're from the US you might think differently.
I'd almost think you are from some fly-over state in the U.S.
The E.U. is a union of several countries, it is not a single countries. All of those countries have their own tax policies. Like France, where the highest tax bracket is 75%.
even in communist countries, they didn't have much but at the very least they had an apartment for themselves!
Yes, because in communistic countries, you don't get to keep what you make. I fled one of those countries. My income tax was 52% and the sales tax was 21%. The government would happily fund up to the equivalent of $2000 to those who had no job (regardless of whether or not that was by choice).
You want to live in a communistic country? Putin will welcome you. Perhaps you can press that little red button next time a Malaysian Airlines flight flies of Ukraine.
Support the country you live in, or go live in the country you support.
People who live in the same area.
Well, I'd like to see the innocent ones evacuated. No need for more people who have nothing to do with the conflict to die. But those pro-Russian separatists and every single civilian supporter (how can you still support them after this?) can get a nice one way trip to hell as far as I am concerned. I'm sure the folks in western Ukraine agree with me. Seal off that self-imposed border, get your own people out and nuke the damned place. Let's spend our vacation money elsewhere then Crimea.
Heck, even the concept of health "insurance" as we have it today seems broken - does my car insurance pay for tune-ups? I'd like nothing more than being able to buy catastrophic care insurance (what was once called "major medical") like I buy car insurance (including the government-mandated high-risk pool so that no one gets priced out - we made that work for car insurance after all), and let all the day-to-day medical stuff be a cash transaction no different from an oil change.
Well, I did just that. I have an individual health insurance package with a very high family deductible. After meeting the family deductible: no copay, no coinsurance, no thing. Insurer pays all.
By doing it like this, I'm using insurance as it is meant to be: I pay the small stuff myself, but should I get into an accident or get very sick, I'm covered.
my friends and family in Eastern Ukraine
Your friends and family shot a plane with my friends out of the sky and then looted their belongings and passports.
So Fuck you, Fuck Ukraine, Fuck the Russians.
Russian separatists give themselves a huge black eye.
Not just the Russian separatists. The same goes for the irresponsible idiot who allowed these terrorists access to surface-to-air missiles, as well as the idiot in the Kremlin, who approves these activities.
In my book, everyone in that region is considered an idiot. Just nuke the damned area and get it over with.
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