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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by notch656a on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:16PM (#31767770)
But then people go into debt to pay the tax to pay the other guy's medical debt.
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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by monkey_monkey on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:20PM (#31767848)
I'm not entirely sure you understand how taxes work.
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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by notch656a on Thursday June 16, 2022 @03:21PM (#31769879)
Yes because no one is in debt as a result of making insufficient income after tax deductions, and no one owes tax debt.
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