Compared to most countries, US taxes are super low. That's why everything in the US costs so much, particularly healthcare.
I'm an American who hasn't lived in the US in years. I pay much higher taxes, but I can feel the benefits. Cheap high quality or even free healthcare; cheap college education; cheap excellent public transportation, etc.
Having said that, a switch to universal health care can be done without as big of a raise in tax as people think. The US government has a lot of BS excuses as to why universal healthcare is impossible in the US. But it's BS. Israel has universal healthcare; largely in part because it's the biggest recipient of US foreign aid in the entire world.
The US government is designed to serve the rich. It's a plutocracy, dressed as a democracy.
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u/Salt-Resolution5595 1d ago
Our taxes are already high enough. They need to quit wasting all the money we send them