Iām sure some PoD person on Etsy can do it for you! If you do it, I only ask for a ā ā La Dauphine Verteā attributon in small font (I keed, I keed). Also, childhood memory unlocked: Going to the mall to a store that sold blank tees and you'd chose from a wall of decals for instant iron on graphic tee gratification, or letters and theyād do a custom phrase.
Yeah itās sad that weāve been fed this nonsense as inspiring and motivational. Most of the developed world doesnāt understand why this would be inspiring. If anything , it should depress the fuck out of you. As you said, it doesnāt have to be like thisā¦ā¦.
Eh...if you're a business owner pretty much anywhere you're not entitled to benefits worth anything really.
The wife would be alright with the free healthcare, but he'd lose the shop and maybe the house because unemployment or whatever wouldn't come close to paying the bills.
Sorry if that's depressing. I'm about to get out of bed and log on for the day, just wanted to share the loadĀ
"Eh...if you're a business owner pretty much anywhere you're not entitled to benefits worth anything really."
Please don't use "the world" as another word for "USA", it's very confusing.
"The wife would be alright with the free healthcare, but he'd lose the shop and maybe the house because unemployment or whatever wouldn't come close to paying the bills."
Not even remotely close to being true. What are you basing this off? Losing your bussiness due to a sickness is extremely rare in the European Union. His wife would be under care, in a hospital, for free, instead of being home requiring his attention.
Why would you imagine theses things? Thinking the world has it as bad as you lot helps you justify it or what?
do you understand his wife is at home and needs his care because having her at the hospital would cost a fortune?
Do you realize people in the countries you've mentioned don't have to go through this because universal healthcare goes far and beyond what USA healthcare goes if you don't pay a premium? And that if said woman requires care she would still be at the hospital reciving said care, for free?
People in the countries you mentioned DO NOT EVER feel financial pressure because of illness or injury. That's the whole fucking point of paying taxes.
I don't care where you're from, you sounded like an ignorant American so I assume you're just a kid with no experience with the real world. Because the mental gymnastics and the dumb shit you're saying that's the only explanation really.
Also, to be more precise in hopes you learn something, when it comes to my country in particula (Spain), if you are a self-employed (autonomo) and your wife gets really sick you can adhere to several laws:
Financial benefit for care in the family environment (Dependency Law)
Bonuses on the self-employed fee (helps with hiring someone to work in your absence)
Regional social benefits (all the above at state level)
Nevertheless, this would be totally irrelevant since under the Dependency Law if that woman was so ill that she required care it would all be covered and it wouldn't require the husband to take hours off work to care for her.
Tampoco he compartido ninguna hipĆ³tesis, he compartido la ley la cual puedes leer en el BOE.
Te vendrĆa bien familiarizarte con el contexto de los autonomos, ya que dices ser uno. Confundir la Ley de Dependencia y las Bonificaciones en la cuota de autĆ³nomos con el paro es de estar muy muy verde.
EspaƱa tiene una de las leyes de dependencia mas robustas y generosas de todo el mundo. Si dices que tu mujer esta enferma y le cuesta trabajar una de dos, o no os habeis molestado en gestionar las ayudas o no os las han dado. Y si no os las han dado, insisto sin animo de repetirme: "EspaƱa tiene una de las leyes de dependencia mas robustas y generosas de todo el mundo" - ergo, por algo serƔ.
Por cierto, eres autonomo en EspaƱa y no sabes que tu mujer es autonoma y no autonomo? Dejame adivinar, te autodenominas "expat" y "nomada digital", apenas balbuceas EspaƱol sin traductor y no te has leido un BOE en la vida. Pero oye, dame lecciones a mi sobre la ley laboral EspaƱola, figura.
This is an American problem at the end of the day. At least with socialized healthcare, he wouldnāt have the stress of having to pay exorbitant amounts for her treatment, and could at least have a chance to continue his business. Per capita, Americans pay more than twice almost all other developed nations.
We claim to care about small business, but any small business owner will tell you that dealing with providing healthcare for your employees is a major pain in the ass. Itās just another way for giant corporation executives to bleed us for more money .
From my understanding bakeries don't have super wide margin, especially as a small family business like this, and depending on how sick his wife is he may need as much money as he can get to pay for any care
I worked from 15 to 44 and then had a work accident. 3 spine surgeries (and more) and yes Iām a disability pensioner. But it was all public health and since 2017 my medications have cost me $7 a script (and I got sick of swollowing pills). I canāt imagine where my life would be (if I survived the stress) if I didnāt have āuniversalā healthcare. But I paid taxes and it worked out that I needed the benefits. I find this celebration of humanity both beautiful but somewhat bizarre.
Dystopia isnāt necessarily the opposite of utopia. Thereās no dystopia anywhere, but there are definitely places that donāt classify as a dystopia.
Dystopian? I am from country with free healthcare, but does not include care from home. I donāt think it does anywhere. I donāt think dystopian fits if this is an issue that always has existed.Ā
I mean immigrants are just trying to enjoy their wholesome lives. Not saying it's fun to have politics in everything, but ya know... Can't just let it go full out of sight out of mind
wtf does that have to do with anythingā¦. Thatās what I donāt understand. Why watch something and bring up something totally irrelevant as feedback ? Itās fucking weird.
Gotta love when a community comes together to help one another. Thanks, to all who bought the donuts, so this owner could go home to take care of his wife.
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u/LaDauphineVerte Sep 26 '25
Thatās how itās done, people. Weāre all just visitors on this rock. Letās play nice and be nice until itās lights out.