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Comment by rglullis

14 hours ago

As an employee: your taxes are not that high, but public services are terrible so most of middle-class ends up paying for the private alternative as well.

As a business owner: not so bad if you are a freelancing or just a few business partners providing some type of service, but terrible the moment you start considering employing other people.

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rbanffy  14 hours ago

> but public services are terrible

Have you seen the public services of countries with lower taxes? Their public hospitals?

> but terrible the moment you start considering employing other people.

Employing people isn't cheap anywhere (except, perhaps, in the US, where labour rights are kind of nonexistent)

  • rglullis  14 hours ago

    I live in Germany. No such thing as public hospitals. And I pay close to 1200€/month in health insurance to the public insurance company.

    I quick visit to the dermatologist to check for some tiny bumps that showed up in my forehead: 60€, out of pocket, because the insurer doesn't cover it.

    • rbanffy  9 hours ago

      Sad to hear about that. Ireland is much better in that regard - you can pay for private healthcare and it'll provide you a broader network, but you might as well go for public health, where you'll be prioritized based on how life-threatening is your condition.

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