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It was like that for me, until it wasn't. I am still weight lifting but my sleep is much worse if I push too much. Sleep issues are simple only until you have them.

The price France is paying for Niger's uranium has been higher that world market price for a long time. The main reason France has an interest in it is to be independent from Russia and Kazakhstan production.

Niger is a desert with catastrophic demographics.

I didn't use it recently but Nancy was quite good: https://nancyfx.org/

And then there will be margin calls and forced sales, which in case of a crash will accentuate the drop considerably...

Yes, I chose this extreme example on purpose to show that evaluating only the income tax is not meaningful.

Compare for example with Denmark where the social contributions are close to 0 and the income tax up to 50%.

The total of the employment taxes paid in Denmark is still lower than the total in France.

Are you including social contributions of employer and employee in your 20% tax rate?

Because these are definitively taxes that should be included.

If yes, I am really curious to know how this is possible

Except that the dollar typically paid an interest rate in the interval while the gold did not: https://www.macrotrends.net/2015/fed-funds-rate-historical-c...

The USD is still one of the most sane currency in terms of ratio between the money supply and GDP.

You need a prescription only if you want the social security/insurances to pay for the the glasses. If you pay for them yourself, there is no need. Additionally, many opticians consider themselves and act as optometrists.

I don't have this information for the UK, but for France parent is right. Mortgage duration for a typical income and a typical house in the 70s was 10 years, compared to 25 years today.

Mmh Switzerland has one of the best public transport system in the world, and it is heavily subsidized (https://www.voev.ch/de/Service/Downloadsindex.php?section=do...). How does this fit with your ultra-capitalism-one-pays-for-everything description?

Every day, hundreds of living species are disappearing forever, mostly due to human direct actions on the environment and particularly industrial farming. I personally find this much more important (and sad) than climate change.

You do not have to pay the salary, just the social insurance.

You can pay the social insurance for the equivalent of the minimum salary (around 75€ monthly) and pay yourself a dividend. Personal tax on the dividends is 5%.