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by vilmosi 8y ago
>>> Since then she’s chosen to make red lines the prevent rare Brexit (EFTA) because ECJ, medium rare Brexit (Swiss style pile of agreements) because no free moment, medium Brexit (Ukraine style deep and comprehensive free trade ar
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by vilmosi 8y ago
> I live in New York City. My taxes (as a percentage of my income) are substantially lower than they would be if I worked the same job in London, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam, or any of the European cities that are considered to b
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by vilmosi 8y ago
> No more waiting 3 months to see a specialist I don't want to start a universal vs private debate, it's been done before. But private insurance as a job benefit exists independently of a government run program (mostly).
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by vilmosi 8y ago
>>> So you end up with significantly higher salaries[0], much lower taxes, and comparable health benefits If you're talking about Silicon Valley or New York, taxes won't be that different. And you'll get decent healt
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by vilmosi 8y ago
>>> so be able to force through her version of Brexit Wasn't her version "remain"? It's not like she can actually do anything but brexit.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
I guess it depends on the country and timescale you're looking at. But they are increasing.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
> yet still notorious for violent street crime As a resident, I have to say I'm pretty surprised to hear this. Is London that different vs similar sized cities?
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by vilmosi 8y ago
>>> We can't just throw out having nice things because they aren't "required." I wouldn't assume driving for 30 min in traffic is "nicer" than a 30min train ride.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
>>> I don't see anyone biking with shopping bags, even in the summer. See, this is where cultures clash. You don't expect people with shopping bags in bike friendly European cities either. Why? Because they don't buy
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by vilmosi 8y ago
>>> Sure they could raise prices, but you risk pricing customers out, and as the one restaurant owner discovered, customers will still spend the same amount by ordering less or cheaper items. Wouldn't all their competitors fac
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by vilmosi 8y ago
If you're talking about national insurance, which is more or less fixed, then you are incorrect. The NHS is not funded by it. It's still payed by taxes but it's not a flat rate tax.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
Actually, that's a good point. The initiator of the divorce shouldn't be assumed to be the cause.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
In the same way, the only things he owes to "society" are fulfillment of those voluntary contracts.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
I thought it took off because they managed to get celebrities on it.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
The grand parent did the exactly the same thing.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
> Just ask the tens of million of immigrants in this country who have done exactly that You're not really disproving his/her point as you're ignoring the many millions more who fail to move in the first place.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
Cineworld is £18/month, not 35/40.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
I'm a bit baffled how you think that recording personal information of people you see from your porch, without even telling them what or why are you doing it, is anything but unethical.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
Honestly, I don't think London buses have the same problems as US buses.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
If you read the article, there's a bigger chance of getting E. Coli from greens... Also, I believe that was a joke.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
> In the US, you at least have the potential for autonomy to pay the best doctor you can find you to treat you as soon as possible. You can do that in countries with universal healthcare too.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
The higher taxes aren't there to cover healthcare costs though. The amount you pay in taxes for universal healthcare are lower than what you pay in the US for non universal public healthcare that you don't even use.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
I don't know where you live now but private insurance is much cheaper in countries with universal healthcare. Probably because the insurance company only pays for "extras" that the existing system doesn't. They don'
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by vilmosi 8y ago
Drug costs are a fraction of healthcare costs though.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
Insurance has co-pays, does it not? People who use ER as their primary medical care would avoid that if possible.
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by vilmosi 8y ago
But China is closer to point #1 and they don't strive to do anything.
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by vilmosi 9y ago
Well average IQ of the human population around the world has been increasing in the past decades if not centuries. And it's not because we're evolving within a few generations.
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by vilmosi 9y ago
Wouldn't a country with vast access to hydro power be inclined to not invest in wind? And why cherry pick wind power anyway?
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by vilmosi 9y ago
There's an entire industry around parsing logs though. Even "big data" companies outsource their log parsing. Requiring every website to create graphs and stats from log files is not practical, especially with websites that d
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by vilmosi 9y ago
I'm not bothered by it. If websites see their engagement fall due to so many popups, maybe they'll stop asking for so many things that require consent. Come to think of it, maybe that's the point.

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