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Woman in a wheelchair saying: “THERE IS NO MARRIAGE EQUALITY UNTIL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN MARRY WITHOUT LOSING BENEFITS”

    • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      We get taxed more than people in other countries think we do and add on car dependency and the scam health insurance scheme…it’s pretty bad here; unless you are worth more than 10 million dollars then you get to be more of a scum bag here than in other countries.

      • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 days ago

        I do understand how US taxes generally are, you’re also the only country that charges citizens taxes on income earnt when resident overseas, I have a few US friends here. But taxing a government benefit is just ridiculous double-handling and makes it duplicitous to the general public when benefit increases are discussed…

            • Որբունի@jlai.lu
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              11 hours ago

              Kind of, but they’re basically the only two in the world because no one else is insane enough to care, the US does it by bullying other countries but considering the good will of a lot of countries is starting to be impacted, I’m not sure it will last until 2028… I’m pretty sure Erithrea only has leverage by withholding important documents for the taxpayers who don’t comply.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Yup, they do.

      And it’s doubly stupid because they have to file the taxes for the disability benefits they get as well, even though the government could just deduct it automatically.