idk man I just need to vent i guess

my employer “provides” health insurance in exchange for my time and labor, and for that great privilege they take $600 out of my paycheck every month (covers me, my wife, and our 1yo son)

that’s half our monthly mortgage payment; it’s 2/3 our monthly grocery bill

why?

  • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    “People wouldn’t have an incentive to work.”

    As someone who lives in a place with universal healthcare, I would like to tell these people that many people here still work.

    You know, food and shelter are also good incentives.

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      Hell, luxuries are all that are needed to work. If all my basic needs were taken care of I would still work because I like to travel and drink.