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Re:As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling on Saturday March 16, 2019 @07:30PM (#19411098)
Generally when I reach a certain number of points I destroy the account by changing the password to something that I can’t remember and I don’t use an email address with my accounts. There is no delete option that I’m aware of. I’ve been on the site for a long time. Since the beginning. I didn’t know you guys kept track of MAC addresses or however else you track this stuff. I won’t do it again. This is the push I’ve needed to stop coming to the site. Thanks. I mean it.
Re:As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling on Saturday March 16, 2019 @06:58PM (#19410936)
I don’t know the industry but it seems to me that if the “trash” was bought by Chinese companies only to be dumped there for the most part then it’s still trash. Was it cheaper to ship this stuff to China than to pay American landfills to handle this stuff? I don’t think having someone pay for it matters. Isn’t it the end result that matters?
Re:Americans Are Going Bankrupt from Getting Sick on Saturday March 16, 2019 @03:45PM (#19409788)
Healthcare gets funded in each country by a combination of taxes and people paying out of pocket. In the U.S. employer subsidized health care insurance should be viewed as part of an employee’s compensation. What matters in such discussions is not the tax rate but the overall spending per capita and how much it costs at point of contact. The relevant facts are that the U.S. spends far more per capita and costs far more at point of contact than every other OECD country.

I think the person you responded to was attempting to point out that Sweden’s healthcare costs come mostly from taxes and is cheap at point of contact. I don’t believe they meant to give the impression that taxes in the U.S. are higher than in Sweden.