• Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    There’s no Americans bragging about that. Corporations and the government, sure. The rest of us are to busy living in pain

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      Most Americans have no clue what the rest of the world is like.

      Most Americans don’t even understand the progressive income tax system we have, they will go so far as to decline raises because it’ll put them in a higher bracket and they think that will mean less take home pay. It doesn’t! You should always take a raise!

      I believe I’ll someday move to a country that has good policies for everything from healthcare, to work life balance, and social safety nets, and I’ll never have to deal with the American nightmare again.

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      Some years ago I were in US on vacation and a Cadillac commercial said you shouldn’t buy cars made by lazy people wo have 4 weeks vacation every year, instead you should buy an American car.

  • reverendsteveii@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    lower unemployment

    Doesn’t matter, I can only have two, maybe three jobs at once so any more than that is irrelevant to me

    higher growth

    I get the same $8/hr whether the GDP goes up, stays the same or goes down. You can’t leave workers out of the distribution of wealth and then pretend that more wealth is good for workers

  • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org
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    God please let me move to Europe I don’t even care what language I have to learn I just wanna be able to live without worrying about affording a doctor appointment.

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    It took me way too long to realize chasing a high pay, high stress career wasn’t worth it. I envied my friends and family for being able to enjoy weekends, evenings, and holidays when I couldn’t. I missed my best friends bachelor party, I missed Christmas and New Years parties. If i didnt miss them entirely i would show up late or leave early from every occasion. I realized I was going to reach the end of life never having lived it.

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    I recall going to the UK after brexit, to a house party with family friends. I was hounded with how do you function with only a 2 week holiday. I then shared i had 4 weeks after 5 years. They were so confused that we could function with less than 6 weeks of vacation.

    Burn out in the USA is a real thing. Our politicians will never vote for a mandatory vacation for anyone other than them selves

  • erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, someone has to pay for saving their asses in both world wars, they’re obviously not going to do it.