40 Normalized Things In Europe That Are Unknown In The US, According To The Internet

Czech isnt one of the largest economics, and yet even we, one of the smallwst pooprest counrry in Europe can manage it

Yup, and that pretty much all of them have been doing it for over 70 years without bankrupting the economy. Healthcare in the US has always been predicated on making profit for those with political clout ; it needs to stop.

And that Germany does it continously since 1883 without a single break

Yes, they brain washed us into thinking it's not doable. I think they are just too lazy to put forth the effort to fix it. Hell, I would be to, as many times as these idiots have reformed healthcare. Until there is an uprising, things won't change. We need younger people who understand the new challenges that this country is facing. Things are changing, and not in a good way.

Hungary is Europe's most corrupt country with highest inflation too. Healthcare is for everyone and you don't get a receipt for a hospital stay, you have a c-cection and you don't havebto pay for it, you have a health issue, you see a specialist and you don't pay for it. If you need insulin medication it's 6 dollar in Hungary. It's 98 dollar in the USA. It's part of the social net a country should have. So what's your excuse world's biggest superpower?

That's fake. Check economy of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia for example. Not top 35, yeat healthcare is cheap. Free for seniors and everyone under 18 years old.

And some economies still make it work , because they give a toot about their citizens.

I was told by our Danish exchange student's Dad after admiring their health system..."you have to watch them (leaders) every minute". Guess we in the US will never get it. Too apathetic.

Hello from Finland, we do it too and there's barely 6 million of us.

Waiting for hours in an ER for an X-ray or be like Canada that it takes 6 months to see a specialist. Or like England and severely under pay your Doctors and Nurses. Knows something else they all don't have also Open Borders and a Welfare states.

I'm not sure (it's not possible to be sure of this) but those 35 other economies are not as corrupt as the Democrats and Fake Republicans in the US. The US federal gov't is nothing but a money laundering operation. The money for universal healthcare is there but you're asking these corrupt-o-crats to give up their grift. It is easy to understand ..... over the last few decades we've had D's with the House, Senate, and Presidency. Same with the R's and we've had multiple split gov't times. During anyone of these times NONE of these crooks have solved and it is because the don't want to. The reasons are varied from corruption to it's "too hard" (read that with a whiny 4 yr/old voice), to the like having the issue to fight over (to get donations so they can buy more beach houses). $32 trillion national debt and handing out foreign aide (Ukraine?) like it's their job .... Blame the American people - they've put up with it - they'd rather watch reality tv than deal with reality

Really? Israel is a large economy?

I'm Greek and in general the Balkans wouldn't be included in the list of the largest economies. Nevertheless, they can make it work. I mean, everytime I hear a Greek complain about the public hospitals I think of Americans..... Any government that takes taxes should be able to offer healthcare. Remember what the taxes are supposedly for. It's for the government to be able to provide back to the people not for the prime minister's aspirations.....

I did a medical conference with all kinds of healthcare professionals from the UK & Scandinavia. Their system certainly is nice. But it was born out of the utter devastation of WW-II & took this long to develop. Their govt, the healthcare industry, advocates, pharmaceutical companies, etc all had to work together for extended periods of time. Their law makers had to work together. It has been a huge undertaking over decades. I hope you know where I am going with this. The US cannot have such nice things. Having a president with an agenda for 4-8 years is a joke. Those demanding exemptions from following the healthcare laws & policies won't even allow it to start. And we have way too many people completely unwilling to follow the thousands of laws & guidelines to be able to qualify for universal healthcare. Too many people who will game the system, make huge profits, & would be non-compliant.

Is this actual statistic or commentary?

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Wouldn’t be an easy switch since this would likely require significant tax hikes and a lot of people already hate how much money is taken out of their paychecks in taxes.

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Yup, it's real simple. If you want universal healthcare, "free" university and 9-36 months of maternity leave, all YOU need to do is advocate for YOU, specifically, handing over 40-60% of your income to the government. Pay a 20% tax on ALL imported goods. No $12,700 earning minimums before income taxes kick in. You earn a dollar, it's getting taxed. There is no scenario in which everyone gets all that simply by "taxing the rich" Until everyone accepts that, it's never going to change.

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Where did you get these numbers from 😆

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And how much do they pay in taxes?

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Honestly... you guys only have two parties, and both are to blame for the current state of things. It doesn't help anybody blaming eachother and focusing on polarizing eachother, it only alienates you from eachother further. And continues to maintain the problem. Which is that no one can agree on anything and everyone thinks "the other side" are to blame, and therefore cannot successfully collaborate to fix huge issues.

And even then, you don't pay for more than 28 days a year or if you're having a baby.

In Denmark, all the tests and hospital stays , operations , doctor visits are free, but we pay for medicine . And that is working for most.

It's free in Australia too, which is great cos the food is c**p but you can afford to get take out.

I mentioned this to a VP at a large chain... Burger King or some such... and his response was "Taxes vary from state to state, sometimes from city to city. Even if we use computer boards, what about advertising banners?" I said on those to just put "plus applicable taxes". He just shook his head.

I live in the EU but I work for UK customers and we always fall in confusion about the pre tax and after tax price. It makes life hard for no reason.

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So you think national companies should be required to create hundreds of localized hangtags for each product they sell? Then if they need to ship products from one store to another in the next city over retag everything? Are you willing to pay more for stuff based on a few pennies?

We have 19% tax for example. But there is always price with tax and in some cases with tax and without tax if you can buying goods for own business.

Also see post: "Providing healthcare to sick people without bankrupting them." Strange concepts, but healthcare is also a basic necessities I think. (Not my downvote).

Groceries and prescription meds are exempt from sales tax in Florida. Five states forego statewide sales taxes: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon.

in South Africa there are items that are exempt from VAT ( kind of sales tax) . brown bread, milk, fruits and veggies and some other essential items...

Some states are definitely f****d up, but most (and maybe even all) don't charge sales tax on most actual necessities, such as food (other than some prepared foods, such as restaurant meals) and medicine/medical care.

Also: You already paid income tax on your money, why do you have to pay taxes again for actually using your money?

Govt has to take more of your money somehow…

They rather people bear arms than bare breasts.

Well, what did they think would happen when Europe sent all of their religious nuts overseas to one place?

The USA is the main porn-movie maker ... freaking hypocritts, that's what you are, guys!

Even the actual Puritans were pretty wild compared to the extreme prudishness we have now. Heck, even the 70s has boobs on PG movies (Airplane! just off the top of my head). What the heck happened to us?

Sadly, the way it's going, it never will, in fact, from an outsiders point of view, it appears to be getting worse !!

In most U.S. movies, if a man and a woman are laying down together, he's covered to the waist and she's covered all the way to her underarms. This is humoristically known as the L-shaped sheet.

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To be fair, the UK is still recovering from the hangover of Victorian Prudishness. It’s getting better though.

And I think we are still pretty messed up because of it

Hopefully with more and more people leaving "organized religion" though, it'll start to get better.

But they are the Top Gun with the firearm.

Nope. Ask any Pagan!

The US never outgrew the archaic mentalities in general. Look at all the tension and all the hate between anyone that wear a different label.....