I was told growing up that I won’t like socialism once I have to start paying taxes. I pay taxes, but would much rather pay way more taxes to have socialism. Including paying for social programs I wouldn’t use like welfare, free tuition etc.

Once I qualified for work pharmacare that was great! But I remember how much it sucked not having any health insurance. Yeah I bootstrapped it, but I’d hope we would grow up as a species and not have to have so much bootstrapping, since there are better ways at this point.

      • @DPUGT2@lemmy.ml
        1•2 years ago

        The reality in the whole developed world is that of having a strong social welfare service

        Unless you’re a gypsy, then you’re somehow disqualified for it, forced to steal, and the theft is proof you never really deserved the strong social welfare anyway.

        I’m happy to live without the risk of going bankruptcy for going to the hospital. Can you say the same?

        The funny part is that you think that if a person has some catastrophic illness/disease, and that if they get to live at tremendous expense despite that, that it’s somehow inhumane to make them pay that expense or file bankruptcy. Not only do they deserve to live… but they also deserve to have a good credit score too! Like, wtf. How dare they not roll them out the hospital door in a wheelchair with a velvet seat cushion, how awful and cruel.