Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Stale (A) on July 15, 2007 at 09:03:12

In Reply to: RE: The big fat liar tells you Cuba is ranked 39th 5 feet high on the screen,,, posted by RGA on July 14, 2007 at 15:42:38

My wife and myself pay about 35% total income/SS... taxes, than we "chose" to pay extra 10% for retirement since SS will not be able to pay for food, that we have to pay about $250 per month insurance (and we are lucky that we have it and that is fairy cheap since my wife works for local government), plus few thousands out of pocket health related expenses.

Added, it is at least equal and probably more than Europeans and Canadians pay but they have (almost) total free health coverage, decent pensions and retiree health insurance, free good schools, large decent public transportation systems, affordable child and elderly care...

When, and if, I ever retire I will have to pay for health insurance and medications or at least lions portion of it, will have to add to pension from my savings etc. (if stock marked does not loose my money...). Primary and secondary schools suck although we pay quite a bit in property taxes. University you have to pay (and unfortunately have to say that quality is declining rapidly), public transportation is barely hanging on (and Chicago has one of the best in US), roads look more like battlefield.
Have to say, public libraries are free and great, at least in Chicago.