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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by ekianjo on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:35AM (#27855596)
because sure, we all know that health care and drugs cost nothing to make. i want to have free food too and free houses too, please add that to the list.
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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by AlexAndScripts on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:12AM (#27855863)
Works great here. It is paid for in taxes and the government doesn't take a cut every step, so the tax isn't that high.

Also, food stamps etc are already a thing, and insulin is necessary to, like, live.

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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by igorzx31 on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:31AM (#27856035)
The middle class in europe pays 40-50% income tax rates.
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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by sk0g on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:45AM (#27856161)
Don't see a single country [0] where that's true, and that's for average wages, which tends to be higher than the median wage. Mind you, the first infographic includes employer taxes as well, which should be left out of the discussion.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_in_Europe

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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by ric2b on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:14PM (#27888770)
I live in Portugal and 40 to 50% on the middle-class is actually low-balling it by ignoring things like VAT, social security, the employers side of income tax and a bunch of other taxes.
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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by project2501a on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:53AM (#27857589)
you guys are great at refuting those people with facts. Keep at it!
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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by ekianjo on Saturday July 17, 2021 @08:37AM (#27865350)
free housing where?
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