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Re: No One Goes There Anymore

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Post by ccktlmazeltov »

magicalhippo wrote: post #30

When I see about half my paycheck going to taxes it feels a bit rough. But then I think of stories like this, and how easily it could have been me with an illness requiring expensive medical treatment and possibly preventing me from working regular jobs. And so I pay my tax with pleasure, knowing that if something were to happen to me or my fellow citizen, at least there wouldn't be millions of dollars in hospital bi…

If half your paycheck is going to taxes you must have a bunch of $$$, I personally make around 300k/year and I feel like I'm not paying that much taxes. I could be paying much more and still live pretty comfortable, it's pretty outrageous.

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Post by nerdbaggy »

This is a touchy subject but with my genetic condition I’m scared to have kids. It sucks having this and I don’t know if I would want to watch my kids suffer through it. But I’m glad my parents did cause life isn’t that bad in the end.

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Post by atom058 »

code_duck wrote: post #35

"While homeless, my sons and I routinely tried to find out-of-the-way public tables. For purposes of germ control, we didn't want to eat in restaurants and homeless people aren't welcome in restaurants anyway. So we would get takeout and go find a table somewhere outdoors. Much to our annoyance, this popularized some of our favorite out-of-the-way eating places." I'm wondering what this means about how this happened.…

I think the "this" in the text refers to the paragraph before your excerpt, i.e. the pandemic caused a lot of regular people to eat their food outside instead of in rastaurants.

"Getting to that point, where _a global pandemic_ was kind of an annoying blip in my life, was a long strange journey. It included nearly six years of homelessness.

While homeless, my sons and I routinely tried to find out-of-the-way public tables. For purposes of germ control, we didn't want to eat in restaurants and homeless people aren't welcome in restaurants anyway. So we would get takeout and go find a table somewhere outdoors.

Much to our annoyance, _this_ popularized some of our favorite out-of-the-way eating places."

Re: No One Goes There Anymore

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Post by lotsofpulp »

code_duck wrote: post #36
magicalhippo wrote: post #30

When I see about half my paycheck going to taxes it feels a bit rough. But then I think of stories like this, and how easily it could have been me with an illness requiring expensive medical treatment and possibly preventing me from working regular jobs. And so I pay my tax with pleasure, knowing that if something were to happen to me or my fellow citizen, at least there wouldn't be millions of dollars in hospital bi…

As someone else with serious medical problems which have been paid for by public health systems, the financial difficulties of which are compounded by losing your ability to pay once ill, thanks! I would note though, for the purposes of fairness, it's a small percentage of your taxes that go to paying for such programs versus things like the military and interest on debt.

US government healthcare spend is huge, it is not tiny compared to military. $1.1T according to this source in fiscal year 2018:

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-much-does-...

This website states in 2018, the federal government spent $582B on Medicare, and $389B on Medicaid, plus all the tax exemption for employer sponsored health insurance and ACA subsidies to individual buyers, etc.

https://www.thebalance.com/fy-2018-trump-federal-budget-requ...

Defense and Homeland Security was only ~$630B or so.

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Post by code_duck »

thaunatos wrote: post #38
code_duck wrote: post #35

"While homeless, my sons and I routinely tried to find out-of-the-way public tables. For purposes of germ control, we didn't want to eat in restaurants and homeless people aren't welcome in restaurants anyway. So we would get takeout and go find a table somewhere outdoors. Much to our annoyance, this popularized some of our favorite out-of-the-way eating places." I'm wondering what this means about how this happened.…

I believe she meant that she popularized the tables/areas where he was eating, not the restaurants.

Oh, thanks. That makes sense.

Re: No One Goes There Anymore

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Post by ciupicri »

ccktlmazeltov wrote: post #41
magicalhippo wrote: post #30

When I see about half my paycheck going to taxes it feels a bit rough. But then I think of stories like this, and how easily it could have been me with an illness requiring expensive medical treatment and possibly preventing me from working regular jobs. And so I pay my tax with pleasure, knowing that if something were to happen to me or my fellow citizen, at least there wouldn't be millions of dollars in hospital bi…

If half your paycheck is going to taxes you must have a bunch of $$$, I personally make around 300k/year and I feel like I'm not paying that much taxes. I could be paying much more and still live pretty comfortable, it's pretty outrageous.

You can donate money to the US Government if you feel that you're not giving it enough. See https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/public/gifts-to-government.h...

Re: No One Goes There Anymore

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Post by code_duck »

atom058 wrote: post #43
code_duck wrote: post #35

"While homeless, my sons and I routinely tried to find out-of-the-way public tables. For purposes of germ control, we didn't want to eat in restaurants and homeless people aren't welcome in restaurants anyway. So we would get takeout and go find a table somewhere outdoors. Much to our annoyance, this popularized some of our favorite out-of-the-way eating places." I'm wondering what this means about how this happened.…

I think the "this" in the text refers to the paragraph before your excerpt, i.e. the pandemic caused a lot of regular people to eat their food outside instead of in rastaurants. "Getting to that point, where _a global pandemic_ was kind of an annoying blip in my life, was a long strange journey. It included nearly six years of homelessness. While homeless, my sons and I routinely tried to find out-of-the-way public t…

Oh, that's a good interpretation!

Slight change of topic, but relevant to the other content of the quoted passage, I share the same experience. Having had my life and livelihood significantly disrupted since ~2015, the global pandemic did more to bring other people to my level of distress than cause problems for me.

Re: No One Goes There Anymore

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Post by gfodor »

oars wrote: post #33

Does anyone know what this condition is? I may be living in a bubble but I have no idea what this is. Would love to do some more research myself to understand, and I'm glad my taxes are helping people like this out.

I have Cystic Fibrosis and the post made me feel like it’s that. Started quarantining early Feb. Any severe disease which targets respiratory is a presumed death sentence for people with CF. Fortunately it seems CF patients are surviving.
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