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Agree with most of this. Although to be fair the social safety net is not as weak in the US as most people think, either. The majority of the Federal government
by cactus2093 4y ago
Agree with most of this. Although to be fair the social safety net is not as weak in the US as most people think, either. The majority of the Federal government's budget goes to Medicare and Social Security, the main gap is just that for working-aged people there is no universal healthcare in the US.
Not sure what you mean by the last point, though, it kind of conflicts with your first point. And in e.g. France the capital gains rate is 19% I believe vs 20% in the US. Various countries in Europe have experimented with a wealth tax, but they've now all gotten rid of it. In what ways are the very wealthy taxed heavier in the EU?
- benatkin 4y agoI disagree. > the main gap is just that for working-aged people there is no universal healthcare in the US What about those who have health insurance but have huge medical bills?
- debug-desperado 4y agoYou hit the out-of-pocket maximum for the year and then no longer pay anything on the bills. Most upper middle class jobs offer different plans with different maximums and monthly payments.
- guerrilla 4y ago> Agree with most of this. Although to be fair the social safety net is not as weak in the US as most people think, either. No way. It's almost impossible to become homeless in Sweden while you have the entire homeless villages everywhere. People with disability get paid a living income and are allowed to save money, which they aren't in the US. Then we have tons of other services like child care, health care and universally just way better everything regarding infrastructure and social service. I've lived half my life in each place and honestly the difference is Grand Canyon sized. Even Portugal, one of the poorest still has great free healthcare and all kinds of social safety net sand services.
- 999900000999 4y agoAmerica is the only country that doesn't offer any type of parental leave. You might get two or three days or something like that, and then everyone pats themselves on the back saying how progressive we are. It's absolutely horrific when you consider people may have medical issues which cause them to need to take a bit more time off. But guess what, you now have insane medical bills, and pressure to get back to work. It's not unheard of for a woman to just get fired if she takes off too much time for a pregnancy. Sure, that's illegal, but workers are treated so horribly in America. You're lucky to get your paycheck half the time.
- irrational 4y agoDepends on the job. At my job men get 3 months and women get 6 months paid parental leave when a baby is born.
- piva00 4y agoWhat percentage of the population has access to this kind of job with benefits in the US? For Sweden it's close to 100%.
- irrational 4y agoNo idea. My company employees tens of thousands of people who all of this access. What I don't know is how many more also have similar benefits. I would guess most large companies give this sort of benefit.
- 999900000999 4y ago>Today, only 21% of US workers have access to paid family leave through their employers, even though, according to the Pew Research Center in 2015, both parents work full-time in almost half all two-parent families. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210624-why-doesnt-the-us-have-mandated-paid-maternity-leave https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210624-why-doesnt-the...