• 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

    • electriccars@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      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.

      • JustinTheGM@ttrpg.network
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        1 year ago

        There's actually a tricky spot for folks who get certain social services which are tied to income. A small raise can bump you out of eligibility for things like medicaid and food stamps, and thus can in fact result in higher expenses, less money in your pocket, and a lower quality of life.

        • electriccars@startrek.website
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          1 year ago

          Yep! The welfare cliff I believe it's called. Evidence of a poorly designed welfare system, which I think some see as a feature not a bug sadly.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    As an american, who gives a shit about all that stuff when your family savings can be wiped out, home foreclosed upon, and bankrupted just because you get sick or suffer an injury!? Even if you plan and do everything right, it could still happen to you, through no fault of your own.

    So, IMO until we have universal healthcare like every other modern nation, they all beat us...

  • Alien Nathan Edward@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

  • Heikki@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    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

  • suoko@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    Do an even better comparison: school vacaancies with work vacancies. That's real life. GPT/BARD might help speed it up

  • ThenThreeMore@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    I usually just take a week over summer then the other 6 weeks at other times of the year. Hotels, fights and stuff pretty much double their prices over the summer.

  • krist2an@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Don't want to brag, but I took my compulsory 2-week vacation in July. I'm having another week of vacation in the middle of August and I'm taking a whole month off in the middle of October when my second child is born (dad-vacation, in addition to the 18 months that the mom has as paid maternity leave). Oh and all of this is fully paid.

  • MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    The obvious problem is that the United States missed the Revolutions of 1848 because they were trying to figure out how to be the Red Wizards of Thay before it existed.