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Those are ages 15 - 24 and the numbers are a little better now. Cost of living is so low where unemployment is highest that it's not the end of the world. Sti
by point78 7y ago
Those are ages 15 - 24 and the numbers are a little better now. Cost of living is so low where unemployment is highest that it's not the end of the world. Still free health care and education.
- suaveybloke 7y agoPedantic point I know - but it's only 'free' at the point of access, it still has to be paid for by the taxpayer.
- marcosdumay 7y agoWell, it isn't paid by the unemployed, and it doesn't impose exorbitant costs to unlucky people.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoOr bankrupt anyone.
- dijit 7y agoHeh, Ben Shapiro likes to make a point of "liberals" expecting his wife to work for free. Yes, in the majority of societies "free" healthcare is free at point of access and subsidised by taxes. Much like trash collection or road renovations. It's underlying infrastructure for a healthy society. FWIW the US actually pays more taxes towards healthcare than europe, but that's because your medical industry is price fixing and gauging.[0] [0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/16/americans-already-pay-gigantic-hidden-health-care-tax-economists-say/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/16/americans...
- sdwa 7y agoYou're right, it is pedantic, it goes without saying that nobody is suggesting that Europeans have figured out how to bypass the laws of thermodynamics to generate free healthcare in the most literal sense.
- point78 7y agoWell if you want to get more pedantic it's free for the unemployed since they are not paying taxes.