Subtly change the sensitivity setting on their computer mouse and leave leaflets about Multiple Sclerosis lying around . <| sep |> Also , check out New World and Drug War . <| sep |> Can we just make an FAQ and have this be Numba One ? <| sep |> How does the educational system work in general ? How are schools and universities founded ? Why are public school not attractive , but public universities are ? We have 9 years of mandatory primary education , plus 3 years of high school . Public schools are open for everybody . Usually , these schools are founded by the cities or states . The public education used be a tad better in the past , but it was a privilege for fewer people . When things got more inclusive , the quality has sharply decreased . When that happened , the middle and upper classes took their children away from public schools and the private schools flourished . The univesities haven ' t gone through this process of inclusion . to apply for a public university students have to go through some highly competitive tests vestibular . It ' s good because it selects highly prepared people , but on the other hand it ' s mostly people from middle and upper classes . The universities are usually funded by the federal government or the state government . I think it gets a much higher $ per student than the basic education schools . How does the tax system work ? What are the main types ? A few numbers ? Not too detailed , I ' d just like to have a general understanding . Nobody really knows PWell , we have a income tax , whose highest tier is about 27 % of the annual income . It makes a very bad job at being a progressive tax , because even the highest tier is way too low . Many people defend that the middle and lower classes should pay less taxes and the super rich people should pay a little more . This tax is federal . Another federal tax is the IPI , which is due when an industrialized product is sold . The main state taxes are ICMS , which is a complete mess , and nobody really understands how it works hint it ' s like the most fucked up version of IVA of the world and the IPVA , which is a tax paid annuly by those who own a car . The main city tax is the IPTU , which is paid annualy by those who own urban real state . There ' s ITR for those who own rural real state . There are many other taxes , there should be fewer taxes , I think everybody agrees about that . How are workers rights ? Minimum wage ? Unions ? Strikes ? Minimum amount of holidays ? Parental leave ? Insurances ? Protection against getting fired ? Minimum wage is 880 reais per month , for 44 per week jobs . Everybody has the right for 30 days of vacation per year in this month the wage must be 33 % higher , the 13 rd salary people get paid in double in december or november usually , extra hours are paid in double , women get a 4 month paid leave when pregnant , among many other rights . People often say that the labor laws are way too protective . Unions have the power to negotiate specific norms with the employers . But they are usually very corrupt , and don ' t do nothing useful , with a few exceptions . Strikes are a constitutional right , we always have strikes from bank workers and teachers , for instance . Employers who want to fire people without a just cause need to pay a heavy indemnization to the worker . How does the healthcare system work ? It ' s free for everybody surgeries , medicines , consults . With a few exceptions , good luck at not dying though . Those who can afford pay for medical plans . The quality of health care for those who can afford vary from much , much , much better than the public system to only slightly better . How do people prepare for retirement ? What is the typical age for retirement ? Workers pay 11 % of their income to INSS . When they complete 35 years of work for men or 30 for women , they can retire . Alternatively , they can retire if they are 65 men or 60 women years old , as long as they have worked for at least 15 years . If they get sick or suffer an accident , they can retire as well , doesn ' t matter the agetime of work . Living Owning or renting an apartment ? Renting is considerably cheaper . The interest to mortgage it isn ' t exactly mortgage , it ' s more like leasing is way too high . But people who have a stable source of income often get to buy their houses , even if they are considered poor lower middle class . The government has some programs to offer lower levels of interest to those people . It ' s been getting harder and harder to be included , though .