> me working in a multinational companies
> they send us some colleague from the US for a project
> dude's all "murica fuck commies" because we are in the former communist part of europe
> i say, ok let s compare things
> turns out that, compared to the US, here we pay less taxes and we have much more rights, free healthcare, unemployment welfare, family welfare, better quality of food due to stricter regulations, more rights (20 days per year of paid holidays, with permanent contract you can't be fired without a valid proven reason).
> he looks at me "so where do you take the money for that if you pay less taxes than we do"
> the question is rather "where is YOUR tax money going", when is about welfare americans complain that they are supporting free loaders, but I NEVER HEARD ANY AMERICAN COMPLAIN THEIR ARMY IS TOO EXPENSIVE
that s why i think that on the other side of the atlantic ocean there isn t much civilization left
>>137561445
Nuclear defense systems are expensive to maintain when you are #1, you commie.
>>137561847
why do you need them in first place?
russia, china, they all have it but they don t spend so much money.
> guess the 700'000 people bankrupting every year in the US due to medical bills are not enough. this clearly shows how an uncivilized country america is
if you don t get free healthcare , why even pay taxes? free healthcare is the basis of every civilized country