The old saying attributed to some stone age republican before it became the Russrepublican party, "They're free to sleep under a bridge and push a cart".
And itβs been like that in the liberal European democracies ever since I grew up there. The old world is taking care of its people, the new world is exploiting theirs.
Way better and cheaper healthcare! UK $9.95
Fee for any drug or shot
USA Stelara shot $17k
Biden got it to $4300
But GOP is big pharma owned! So they end drug price negotiations?
Revoke the ones negotiated already! Insane Greed! We pay 10-20x more for every Drug.
I always remember an American tourist in Scotland, having slipped and broken her ankle, terrified of what the ambulance and two paramedics would cost, never mind her treatment....she was told "bugger all", we come gratis, it's part of the service. Scotland is pretty good in many areas.
That might be true, but those other places don't have a ruling class of wealthy predators who feast on their populations while giving them guns and the pablum of freedom.
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- 2 weeks paid vacation (some provinces are 3
- 2 weeks paid Sick leave
- Workerβs comp for on job injuries
- dental kids <12 if family income <$90,000
- 55 weeks parental leave (15 weeks for mother + 40 weeks split any way chosen with father, 55% of salary)
- great public education K-12
Etc.
Sorry to break it to you but not all other countries have universal healthcare. I live in country in the European Union and sadly we don't have universal healthcare over here.
Half of America loves to call Canada communist and our PM a dictator because that's what Elon Musk has conditioned them to believe. Meanwhile, Canada ranks higher on the World Freedom Index. The US ranks #17
The USA has the highest cost healthcare for the shortest lifespans in any of the "rich" countries.
I suppose that cuts Social Security payments.
@sissyisembarrassed.bsky.social
Iβm amazed women donβt have time off after childbirth in the US!! In the UK and Canada we have a year off work. Paid holidays in Canada are between 2-4 weeks still way behind UK and others! I had 5 weeks holiday 40 yrs ago in UK. The US is way behind and now pushing yourselves further back with GOP!
And in Iceland where my 1/2 brother and his family live, free child care and 1 month of mental health days that can be spent in resort style clinics or just hanging out. Doesn't count as vacation days. How does the Country do it. He says taxes are high but people are willing to work hard & R Happy
πππ±π·πππ±π·πππ±π· from the Zionists to liberat the American society occupied by the slaves of Israel!
America is israeled!
We too could have those things if not for one party being run by a bunch of asswipes, and the other party wasting its time on attacking their own or championing causes for fridge groups that that could never help you win elections.
Ugh. Iβm reminded every day that we could have had Bernie Sanders in 2016 who wanted all of this, and he was overlooked or looked to βcenterβ. He is older than Trump and Biden and still sharp as a tack.
Americans really are mugs. Their system of government is ridiculous. Not the best people for the job, just the richest. They don't seem to mind electing the corrupt either. Thank crikey I don't live there.
Wait till the healthcare industry is deregulated as Johnson said the House will do. Getting rid of preexisting mandated coverage will be a big wake up call for MAGA voters because it will hit them big to pay premiums with it.
I KNOW! And I love them for that. However, Americans like to simplify everything because they have no time to look into nuances while running their capitalistic rat race, so, for them, anyone who mentions universal healthcare is a socialist, socialists are commies, and social democrats are Nazis π€·πΌββοΈ
Australia here. Just waiting to see how much you'll burn down before you decide to join the rest of the civilized world who has health care, green energy, gun laws, fair tax systems, decent minimum wages, subsidized higher education, safety nets for the elderly and unemployed, and actual democracy.
Quote: "America here, or at least 40% of America - don't hold your breath - you have to understand that we are as dumb as dogshit, dumber really. We are so dumb that we can't see how dumb we are. I mean, we voted for Trump, didn't we.
How fucking dumb is that, how fucking dumb?"
For them it is the land of the free. Freedom to hate, freedom to discriminate, freedom to feel superior, freedom to feel important, freedom to help kill the country, freedom to enrich themselves.
The boomers sucked up all those progressive benefits for themselvesβ¦
Then turned around, voted against the same benefits for their children and voted against progressing forward to add benefits such as universal healthcare and UBIβ¦
Yes, free indeed. My income tax is 18.5%, but if I make a euro more, it will be taxed 40%. I pay 25.5% vat, but my salary is some 40 000 euros per year, although I have PhD and master's degree.
The people in the US are used to demand freedoms TO,
while Europeans prefer freedoms FROM.
European ideology is less egotistical, less self-centered. It helps create a SOCIETY in which a person is comfortable.
That comfort is what Americans are trying to feel, but continue to fail, blaming others.
Canβt imagine having to pay for a hospital visit! Have given birth to 3 kids and not paid a single cent- including house visits from a midwife all through the pregnancy and 6 weeks after the birth.
Undergoing skin cancer treatment free and have never had a medical bill for the entire family of 5.
And freedom. I was 25 before I moved to the US. I wasn't here 24 hours before I encountered censorship on TV. In my home country, I encountered it once in 25 years and was shocked enough to show it to all my friends, who had also never seen it.
True! I hope that ALL of the Americans who have had eye patches on remove them once and for all now βΌοΈπ€π₯π€ from a friend in Norway π§π»
It's kinda soul-crushing to get an out-of-office notice from a European that says they're on parental leave until November 2025 and gives an alternate contact.
Iβm feeling Iβve been lied about America being βFreeβ powerful and intelligent. That all went down the drain, after the felon. Weβre back to 1924, when racism, fascism, misogyny and hatred against oneβs not like them ruled. Welcome to The New and Unimproved Felons America.
If you lock people up in a cage, feed and water them with Beer and Pizza and tell them they are "Happy", they won't realise that they are in a prison.
Welcome to America where KKK supporting Child Rapists can become President.
Here is something to make 'muricans feel special.
Had open heart surgery three years ago. In hospital for about three weeks. Recovering at home for a month.
Change your tax rates. Implement both a minimum wage and a maximum wage. Tax elite universities until everyday universities can educate the people then.... ah start there.
Correct. And meanwhile, they incorporate in America and have American workers pay for their exorbitant costs. They are basically using Americans as their modern day slave farm to pay for their luxuries while we fight and die to protect them.
Liberals want these things in the USA to give our workers a fighting chance against their international competitors. However, as we move toward a more oligarchical model, I fear our rights will contract even further.
America is like a large corporation. The aim is to look after the ones who pay no taxes but hold all the assets. i.e. billionaires and millionaires . The rest of the population who pay taxes and contribute to the wealth of the corporation get trod on and shit on.
Some times when I hear Americans talk about the radical left, I understand how far to the right American politics are. Today both Johnson and Eisenhower would be seen as far left. The democrats are center right conservative, and the Republicans are a bunch of far right nihilists.
Lucy Parsons β 'Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.' They will lie, cheat, and manipulateβand do whatever it takes to win. Know who the enemy is.
It's not perfect but I love living in Canada...and I love The UK (from whence I come). I'm just used to paid vacay, paternity leave, socialised healthcare....
In a recent "Pod Save America", Jon Tester of Montana said "greatest country in the world" at least 3 times, & even said Montana was the greatest state in the US. I know this is what voters WANT to hear. But plainly, it is not true, & that may be a core problem with Americans, that arrogance.
I moved from Indiana to SW England, and the differences in quality of life are amazing. I had to work two full time jobs back in America (corporate and a home-based business) and still had to sweat out paying bills. LOVE my NHS! Medical bankruptcy is just not a thing here.
Aussie here. Yes we have free healthcare (many people top up with private cover for ancillary requirements - private hospitals, optical, dental, physio etc), however, if you get cancer or in an accident in Australia you get the best treatment free of charge. It works very well. π
And Switzerland pays low-income individuals the equivalent of
$2557.98 US dollars. This is humane as well as prevents them from stealing, becoming homeless, alcoholics or drug addicts or a burden to the healthcare system and consequently costing the government more than that.
Iβm always astonished that you donβt have universal access to healthcare. Itβs the best. Itβs really is. People get cancer treatment, no charge, a few weeks waiting time. I canβt imagine losing your house over an operation.
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Fee for any drug or shot
USA Stelara shot $17k
Biden got it to $4300
But GOP is big pharma owned! So they end drug price negotiations?
Revoke the ones negotiated already! Insane Greed! We pay 10-20x more for every Drug.
(pops open a beer and nods)
Screwed us. Too many cults in America.
#Propaganda
- 2 weeks paid vacation (some provinces are 3
- 2 weeks paid Sick leave
- Workerβs comp for on job injuries
- dental kids <12 if family income <$90,000
- 55 weeks parental leave (15 weeks for mother + 40 weeks split any way chosen with father, 55% of salary)
- great public education K-12
Etc.
I suppose that cuts Social Security payments.
@sissyisembarrassed.bsky.social
America is israeled!
Gone are the days it stands for anything else.
Healthy nationalism would be fine thought.
Getting money out of politics is a start
How fucking dumb is that, how fucking dumb?"
Then turned around, voted against the same benefits for their children and voted against progressing forward to add benefits such as universal healthcare and UBIβ¦
Boomers fucked us. In so many ways.
Greetings from a Nordic country, Finland.
while Europeans prefer freedoms FROM.
European ideology is less egotistical, less self-centered. It helps create a SOCIETY in which a person is comfortable.
That comfort is what Americans are trying to feel, but continue to fail, blaming others.
Undergoing skin cancer treatment free and have never had a medical bill for the entire family of 5.
Most US allies have more basic freedoms for their citizens.
The strange difference is the πΊπΈ 2A, which is viewed as a freedom, but in fact, reduces:
Life expectancy
Public safety
Tourism to "Red States"
Quality of Life
True freedom is not needing a gun !
Welcome to America where KKK supporting Child Rapists can become President.
Had open heart surgery three years ago. In hospital for about three weeks. Recovering at home for a month.
Total medical bills....ZERO!!!
Glad to be in Canada!!!
It's not perfect but I love living in Canada...and I love The UK (from whence I come). I'm just used to paid vacay, paternity leave, socialised healthcare....
Also, I may be parochial, but thereβs a reason people from around the world come to our universities and hospitals.
and lots of Americans still don't get it... Sad!
$2557.98 US dollars. This is humane as well as prevents them from stealing, becoming homeless, alcoholics or drug addicts or a burden to the healthcare system and consequently costing the government more than that.