<story><title>No One Goes There Anymore</title><url>https://noonegoesthereanymore.blogspot.com/2020/05/no-one-goes-there-anymore.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>magicalhippo</author><text>When I see about half my paycheck going to taxes it feels a bit rough.&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;p&gt;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&amp;#x27;t be millions of dollars in hospital bills to pay back and there would be aid for a home to avoid ending up on the streets.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jerome-jh</author><text>From this side of the Altantic, it looks like the US economy is organized so that the lower working class only earns just enough to live. No wonder they are homeless when illness, disability or bad luck strikes.&lt;p&gt;I am not implying this applies to OP.</text></comment>
<story><title>No One Goes There Anymore</title><url>https://noonegoesthereanymore.blogspot.com/2020/05/no-one-goes-there-anymore.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>magicalhippo</author><text>When I see about half my paycheck going to taxes it feels a bit rough.&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;p&gt;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&amp;#x27;t be millions of dollars in hospital bills to pay back and there would be aid for a home to avoid ending up on the streets.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>code_duck</author><text>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&amp;#x27;s a small percentage of your taxes that go to paying for such programs versus things like the military and interest on debt.</text></comment>