Well, I mean, that's all well and good that you have high taxes, but to be fair, your equation is missing out on the 0 dollars you pay in health insurance premiums. I know Canadians, and I know your drug insurance is nothing compared to the US.
In the US, we pay upwards of 1200 to 3000 dollars a month in health insurance premiums. That's 14,400 to 36,000 a year for a lot of people. You have to add our taxes + our health insurance premiums to compare against your taxes.
Show me the job in the US that pays your whole insurance. Even if you work at a major corporation, you get money taken out of your pay for health insurance.
That's one of the major hindrances to economic success in the US. Insurance is tied to your job, so it's a lot harder to start a business in the US because if you get stuck with a major medical bill while getting your business off the ground, you're done.
I knew a guy in Lorain Ohio, had that exact thing happen to him. Started a pizza shop, it did pretty well, was figuring he'd break even by end of year 2, got diagnosed with cancer, had no health insurance, blew his brains out at 43.
Well, I mean, that's all well and good that you have high taxes, but to be fair, your equation is missing out on the 0 dollars you pay in health insurance premiums. I know Canadians, and I know your drug insurance is nothing compared to the US.
In the US, we pay upwards of 1200 to 3000 dollars a month in health insurance premiums. That's 14,400 to 36,000 a year for a lot of people. You have to add our taxes + our health insurance premiums to compare against your taxes.
Get a job that pays your insurance
Show me the job in the US that pays your whole insurance. Even if you work at a major corporation, you get money taken out of your pay for health insurance.
That's one of the major hindrances to economic success in the US. Insurance is tied to your job, so it's a lot harder to start a business in the US because if you get stuck with a major medical bill while getting your business off the ground, you're done.
I knew a guy in Lorain Ohio, had that exact thing happen to him. Started a pizza shop, it did pretty well, was figuring he'd break even by end of year 2, got diagnosed with cancer, had no health insurance, blew his brains out at 43.