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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by conanbatt on Saturday February 03, 2018 @11:18AM (#16298177)
> simple inconvenience of taxes

Okay. United Kingdom has 34.4% of tax to GDP ratio. That means that out of 5 working days, almost 2 days are given to the state. I would not consider working 2 days a week for the government a "simple inconvenience".

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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by dragonwriter on Saturday February 03, 2018 @12:13PM (#16298443)
That analysis of “work days” assumes that 100% of GDP is retained by labor in the absence of taxes.
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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by conanbatt on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:57PM (#16313023)
Its probably even worse if you take a marxist approach to labor.
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