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Certainly it is a lot of work - bu if you're growing food for yourself and spend your days outside, why do you need to make much money?

by grecy 6y ago

onetimemanytime 6y ago
Food in itself cost relatively in USA too. So with $400 a month you can eat all you want and spend your days outside doing nothing. But you need more than $400 a month, right? Same with farmers and people living in villages.
lotsofpulp 6y ago
In the US, you need decent cashflow to pay for healthcare. You probably also need to save for natural disasters or injuries that disable you. And if you have kids to support, even more costs.
- bluGill 6y ago
  You need those cashflows to pay for healthcare anywhere. In Europe you get more subsidies if you can't pay your own, but modern healthcare is expensive and only possible in societies where the average person has a large cashflow. (Yes healthcare is more expensive in the US than similar levels of care in Europe, but it isn't the order of magnitude more that most people think)
  - grecy 6y ago
    I've been making roughly $10k a year for the last 4 years (so in fact below the tax free threshold), and I've got perfectly good healthcare in Canada. Same in Australia.
    - bluGill 6y ago
      You have good healthcare because someone else is subsidizing your healthcare. If you were contributing your fair share to society you would have to earn more than that to live. There are many reasons that a society may choose to subsidize someone who isn't contributing their fair share. I agree with some of those reasons, not others.
m463 6y ago
A friend had a farm and we plucked an onion out of the ground for a salad. That onion was so good, I could have eaten it like an apple. Your body rewards you for eating fresh food and I think it's because it is really really good for you. Same with fresh air and a little sunshine. So there's something to be said for growing food and spending time outside. I think it's what our bodies were designed for.

Certainly it is a lot of work - bu if you're growing food for yourself and spend your days outside, why do you need to make much money?

by grecy 6y ago

Certainly it is a lot of work - bu if you're growing food for yourself and spend your days outside, why do you need to make much money?

onetimemanytime 6y ago

Food in itself cost relatively in USA too. So with $400 a month you can eat all you want and spend your days outside doing nothing. But you need more than $400 a month, right? Same with farmers and people living in villages.

lotsofpulp 6y ago

In the US, you need decent cashflow to pay for healthcare. You probably also need to save for natural disasters or injuries that disable you. And if you have kids to support, even more costs.

bluGill 6y ago
You need those cashflows to pay for healthcare anywhere. In Europe you get more subsidies if you can't pay your own, but modern healthcare is expensive and only possible in societies where the average person has a large cashflow. (Yes healthcare is more expensive in the US than similar levels of care in Europe, but it isn't the order of magnitude more that most people think)
- grecy 6y ago
  I've been making roughly $10k a year for the last 4 years (so in fact below the tax free threshold), and I've got perfectly good healthcare in Canada. Same in Australia.
  - bluGill 6y ago
    You have good healthcare because someone else is subsidizing your healthcare. If you were contributing your fair share to society you would have to earn more than that to live. There are many reasons that a society may choose to subsidize someone who isn't contributing their fair share. I agree with some of those reasons, not others.

m463 6y ago

A friend had a farm and we plucked an onion out of the ground for a salad. That onion was so good, I could have eaten it like an apple. Your body rewards you for eating fresh food and I think it's because it is really really good for you. Same with fresh air and a little sunshine. So there's something to be said for growing food and spending time outside. I think it's what our bodies were designed for.