Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country

Post by darawk » Wed, Oct 02, 2019, 9:30 PM UTC

arcticbull wrote: post #283

darawk wrote: post #275

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Sure, but you either are or are not willing to make those changes, and you presumably already have made them to the extent that you're willing. Whatever burden ends up being imposed based on your consumption habits simply is what it is.

True of course, but hard to factor in. If you move from rural America where a car is required the gas tax burden is going to drop substantially if you move to Amsterdam where nobody has cars, even if the gas tax is 3X higher. I definitely see your point, it's not easy to directly translate.

Post by jamesb93 » Wed, Oct 02, 2019, 10:05 PM UTC

davidivadavid wrote: post #274

jamesb93 wrote: post #251

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Does it really matter how much better it is when you can go immediately bankrupt from a simple procedure? I imagine there is immense pressure and loss of wealth by simple virtue that people probably don't maintain good health but go in when it gets bad enough that going bankrupt is worse than dying or being violently ill with no end in sight.

You're muddying several issues here. I'm simply stating that the value of a healthcare system in terms of outcomes must be compared to how much it costs. What you're talking about is how the system is financed, which is a different issue. For example, as a French citizen, I would expect that if we're in the top 5 in terms of spending (regardless of whether it's done privately or publicly), we should have a system tha…

Post by Iwan-Zotow » Wed, Oct 02, 2019, 11:47 PM UTC

psv1 wrote: post #149

Iwan-Zotow wrote: post #94

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YOu forgot about another random fact - gypsies

And racists.

Post by axegon_ » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 3:06 AM UTC

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #265

axegon_ wrote: post #74

Bulgarian here, there are a lot of aspects the article does not cover. First one is that up until 1989, Bulgaria was largely an agriculture state with the soviet union being the only market. A heavily controlled market at that. Some might argue that Bulgaria used to produce computers but it was mostly a small assembly line using Intel chips, so no, not really. Mind you the math education was on a good level, hence th…

> Because life is incredibly cheap compared to most of Europe, your odds of making a decent life are much greater - the bar can be set much lower. To give you an idea - my monthly paycheck at my first job was just over 700 euros(underpaid even for a developer with little to no experience). I had rent, bills, transportation and food to take care of and even with that, I was still able to save up around 250/month. Some…

Post by Teracotage » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 6:34 AM UTC