The extra billing, co-pay, out of network, appeals, “facility fees”, etc that aren’t covered or forced to pay by private insurance make up for the low taxes.

A 60% tax rate and one of the finest places to live on Earth.

Excuse me, I thought we were talking about fixing...you know...THIS country.

Well, considering that they are generally very happy with the arrangement, sign me up.

Um, I think the official Croatian immigration form in full is ‘Please sign to confirm you’re here to immigrate, not because you got lost on the way to Germany’. A couple of countries in the area use the same form to save on printing.

We have to do the same thing at my work, donate vacation hours to an individual and/or money to an employee assistance fund as they would be screwed otherwise. Great system!

General Strike.

Bulgaria really has everybody beat, but Croatia ain’t half bad with 30 weeks of fully paid guaranteed leave considering that you can also have up to 26 more weeks partially paid on top of that.

low wages, lack of paid maternity leave, lack of “public” healthcare option, poor infrastructure and public transit, etc.

*dirty capitalist farmers* I was having a discussion with my vegan gf. She was talking about getting rid of pesticides and industrial farming. She had watched a documentary on the horrors of it all. I told her that the kind of hobby farming that the documentary claimed would feed us all healthy organic food, was a…

Yep, You’d be getting to Denmark. Who has all of those things already. All we have to do is convince the voters that a 60% tax on anything over 55K is needed to pay for it.

And it has been so far: In the face of a 278% increase in charter school enrollment since 2006 and per-pupil spending that puts California 46th out of 50 states, the UTLA has responded with demands that go beyond teacher pay, including immigrants’ rights, increased affordable housing in Los Angeles, a stop to random…

Start a General Strike. Let’s all join in.

Psst there is no Soviet Union, you might be confusing our current geopolitics with those of thirty years ago?

HamNo is the best writer here

I don’t even think The Root writers work in the same office as you guys so what are you even worried about?

Her story is compelling, as long as you only read her account of it.  Google her name and read the reports from the school and what she is actually accused of.  It’s way more than just her ex put some photos on a laptop.  The text messages between her and at least 2 of her lovers refer to sexual acts while at school.

GMG has a union, though. One that most likely protected them quite a bit during the Gawker implosion. I would suspect the recent voluntary buyouts were due to the union applying pressure, and would not have been achieved on their own. Though I don’t have any direct knowledge of the situation.

the man punched the woman in the face after she pushed his dog and said it shouldn’t be sitting in a seat like a person.