camelbeard

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[–] camelbeard 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm from the Netherlands, we have healthcare but dental is usually not included and most people pay it themselves. You can include it but it's usually more expensive than a normal yealy check-up.

Why do Americans and Canadians have bad teeth? Is brushing something people just don't do?

[–] camelbeard -4 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Do you really need it?

Out of a population of about three-quarters of a billion, under 14 million people (approximately 2%) in Europe receive artificially-fluoridated water. Those people are in the UK (5,797,000), Republic of Ireland (4,780,000), Spain (4,250,000), and Serbia (300,000).

Most European countries don't use it and we are fine.

[–] camelbeard -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is actually not relevant, it's whataboutism. The fact that someone does something bad doesn't give you any right to just make your own rules.

Otherwise you could also say I should kill that friend that drove home after one beer too many, because he could have potentially killed someone.

[–] camelbeard 1 points 2 months ago

Because unfortunately too many people vote for politicians that allow companies to do this. It's a shame someone like Bernie Sanders never became the president.

[–] camelbeard 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On Wikipedia it says

Mmt principals (nr 3) Is limited in its money creation and purchases only by inflation, which accelerates once the real resources (labour, capital and natural resources) of the economy are utilized at full employment

So you can't really always print more money, unless you don't care about inflation (that mostly screws the middle class).

[–] camelbeard 3 points 2 months ago

I have a similar sort of recipe, but instead of the broiler, you can also drain all the liquid, put it back in the slow cooker and set it to high for 1 hour.

I usually drain the liquid to a small pan and boil it until it becomes much less liquid and more like a sauce, I add it back to the slowcooker after the hour is done.

[–] camelbeard 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm not sure what OPs argument is, but maybe it's something like, if we have very high inflation the rich will actually lose money as their savings have less value. While at the other hand wages go up.

This argument is flawed, as the rich usually don't have savings, but investments. Those will actually just go up with inflation. Like if you invest in stocks, gold or houses, all of those will go up in times of high inflation.

So printing money is just going to screw the middle class with some savings in the bank. It's also going to screw young people that don't own a house.

[–] camelbeard 3 points 2 months ago

I think the EU will also be forced to get closer to China when the US is going more in the "America first" direction. If they will introduce massive tarifs the EU probably has to look for other countries to trade with.

[–] camelbeard 2 points 2 months ago

I also have odido and pay 16, unlimited calls (I think also text), 25GB of data. I think it was 20GB, but we get 5GB extra because my wife also has odido. 25GB is more than enough for my use, I used 12GB max in the last 12 months.

[–] camelbeard 0 points 10 months ago

Maybe just get a large monitor? Its probably cheaper too

[–] camelbeard 3 points 11 months ago

First of all you'll be really happy with all those babies when you turn 80 and society hasn't fallen because the average age is 70.

Second, when childcare is free more people can join the workforce, this increases taxes and productivity.

But maybe the most important it will make society more equal. When you're poor working almost doesn't make sense if you have to spend 80% of your salary on childcare. So more people don't work, these people are usually women. That really doesn't help with an equal society, because a big group can't really work so they can't really climb any ladders.

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