Subj : Fido Gazette
To : Gerhard Strangar
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sun Jan 24 2021 03:16 am
Hello Gerhard,
>BK>Again, where in hell are you coming up with this Central America line?
> BK>Similar to other countries, Canada, Germany, UK, Japan, etc., their
> BK>universal healthcare covers citizens.
>
>In Germany healthcare is mandatory for employees, meaning everyone working
> here pays for it - but then also gets covered. You pay 14,6% of your
> income, but at least 190 EUR, at most 700 EUR per month. Half of it is
> taken from your gross income, half of it from your net income. For that you
> get coverage for you, your wife/husband and children, als long as they live
> in Germany, are not employed, no freelancers and no civil servants. In case
> of illness, the employee gets payed up to six weeks by the employer, after
> that they get 70% of their gross income from the healthcare system for up
> to 78 weeks. And while it's nice to get treatment when you need it, I
> prefer paying for it without requiring treatment.
What about maternity leave? And paternity leave? I mean, both parents
should have time off to raise their babies, not just one of them.
And then there is the cost of child care. Certainly parents who work
should not have to pay for child care while their kids are at home.
None of them would be able to afford to work. And the world wonders
why the population of Germany is declining.
This is especially true in the eastern part of Germany. But today's
Germany is united, so this population decline is more universal.
At least Hungary is paying women to make babies. And also Russia.
They know what happens when there are no longer enough people around
to work and pay their taxes ...
--Lee
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