re: #50 engineer dog

the deal in germany is that you pay your taxes, which are say 30 - 40% higher than american income taxes, but you don’t have to worry about paying for health care or a university education for your kids

so, the wealthier subsidize the less wealthy for a society with more opportunity and less wear and tear

Right now American taxes do pay for the elderly and the poorest to receive health care, so the wealthier are subsidizing the poorest.

It would be interesting to know what we are paying for that they aren’t…oh, right, a hurking big military.