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> So increasing tax rate beyond a couple of millions a year, or even before, seems a no-brainer to me, at least until everybody gets healthcare and free educati
by sol_remmy 9y ago
> So increasing tax rate beyond a couple of millions a year, or even before, seems a no-brainer to me, at least until everybody gets healthcare and free education.
How much money do you think that will take? I'm willing to bet your estimate is too low by a factor of 100. I've known multiple family friends who have easily used $500k+ a piece in government healthcare.
- carlob 9y agoAt the current American rates probably, but in countries with universal healthcare the costs are not ridiculously inflated by a Byzantine system.
- quickConclusion 9y ago>How much money do you think that will take? Most developed countries pay $3,000 to $4,000 per capita, according to Wikipedia. US pays about $7,400 per capita. So that would be the costs I guess. Beware there are more "capita" than taxpayers, and that all taxes are not paid through income taxes. Hopefully we can find ideas from other countries to pay less than current prices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_system#International_comparisons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_system#International_co...