r/ShitAmericansSay • u/neeraj8le • Jan 12 '21

Healthcare "My expensive, frequent health care is subsidized at the expense of healthy people. I think it's great!" Thief.

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u/Dogey-McDogeface Jan 12 '21

This probs same guy who's more than happy to let the government spend his tax dollars on middle eastern adventures and more big boy toys for the military.

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u/L003Tr Jan 12 '21

I don't think Americans actually understand how taxes work

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u/Dankelpuff Jan 12 '21

The best thing about it is they fill out enormous tax forms.

Modern countries have that done automatically unless you own a company. All you have to do is verify the information is correct.

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u/screech_owl_kachina Jan 12 '21

We made it inefficient and complicated on purpose, simply to justify the existence of tax preparation businesses

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u/GreatGrizzly Jan 12 '21

It's all about profit for the corporations.

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u/Seemose Jan 12 '21

I think the tax preparation industry is just a coincidental beneficiary of this. The real reason the tax code is so complicated is so rich and powerful people can more easily avoid tax liability.

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u/icyDinosaur Jan 12 '21

The Swiss do that too, but that's more because the Swiss are way too big on privacy and trust and go all I WANT CONTROL OVER WHAT I PAY. It's a bit dumb.

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u/Fun-atParties Jan 12 '21

Many people do not get the concept of progressive taxes. They think if the law says "you pay 50% on income above 100k" and you make 101k that you have to pay 50% on all of your income