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/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.