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Originally Posted by Porn Farmer
You're 'top' (I'm assuming you mean richest) because you have more people paying more taxes... but you can't even provide free basic healthcare for all your citizens. What does that say about you as a nation?
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Actually we don't pay a lot in taxes. 40% of our country doesn't pay a dime, and our other tax rates are fairly low compared to countries that offer health care. Take a look at France. While we'd have a sweet health care system, we'd also be dishing out 50% of our income to the government.