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.

  • @nivenkos@lemmy.ml
    2•2 years ago

    You shouldn’t have to - state expenditure should be covered by nationalising land and resources, and taxing wealth rather than work.

    I live in Sweden which many liberals consider “socialist” when it is in reality barely social democratic since the collapse of the Folkhemmet. Income is taxed highly and Sales Tax is 25% - this is bad for social mobility, meanwhile property, business and capital gains are hardly taxed at all.

    • @atomicshrimp@lemmy.mlOP
      1•2 years ago

      You shouldn’t have to - state expenditure should be covered by nationalising land and resources, and taxing wealth rather than work.

      Basically using big business to fund public services?