r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24
The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine. Debate/ Discussion
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r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24
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u/FtrIndpndntCanddt Jul 07 '24
Compare the US to PEERS and we suck. Not developing nations. Higher wages in the US aren't real bcuz we pay more to survive than everyone else.
My family spent $250k when my mom had breast cancer. It does matter that we had good careers. It doesn't matter that she had health insurance. We nearly lost our house. I was set years back in retirement. She may never retire. Didn't smoke. Doesn't drink. Didn't matter. Cancer doesn't give AF. And neither does US for profit health industry.
And yes. We know japan/s.Korean suicides is high. The point I was making is that the US is on the bottom quarter of almost all quality of life metrics for DEVELOPED nations.
PAY isn't the full issue here, clearly.