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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
Speaking of alien concepts; how does paying taxes for a service to make it socialized somehow make the same service free? The ****s only free if you don't pay taxes...
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This is a myth, our tax levels are not that different. Australians really don't pay that much more tax than Americans, unless you are in like the top tiny percent of high income earners, which I doubt any of us here are.
List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So our tax levels are pretty similar, perhaps ours are just better utlised towards areas like health, rather than areas like defense and interest on your country's debt. Personally I'd rather have my tax go towards a healthcare system such as ours over here, because I can't believe the stories I hear from other countries of people not being able to afford adequate healthcare. Thanks to our system, I've always been able to afford the medical assistance I need, and I've never worried about medical bills in my life.