Re:Why doctors in America earn so much
by rayiner on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:47AM
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To be like Germany, you would have to take $2.8 trillion from the private sector and put it into the public sector by taxing and spending an extra $2.8 trillion. That’s not an accounting change—the government doesn’t have a joint bank account with the private sector.
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Re:Why doctors in America earn so much
by ceejayoz on Thursday November 02, 2023 @12:21PM
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> To be like Germany, you would have to take $2.8 trillion from the private sector and put it into the public sector by taxing and spending an extra $2.8 trillion.
And those taxes would replace the insurance premiums employers and individuals are currently paying out the ass for. It's a difference in who writes the checks, not how much actually goes out of individuals' pockets.
Claiming "$2.8B in new taxes" is like claiming "I Venmo you $5, you Venmo me $10" costs me five bucks.
> That’s not an accounting change—the government doesn’t have a joint bank account with the private sector.
That "joint account" is the GDP you're on about.