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Tyler Ludens wrote:I don't know if one is obligated to accept health insurance subsidies if one doesn't want them(?) I have accepted them because we need them (multiple health problems in the family). I guess one could accept the subsidies and just never use the insurance, which would mean the government would be paying itself to take a piece of paper from this desk and move it over to this other desk. I don't know how we can avoid contributing in some way to bureaucracy, if we live in this modern society.
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Tyler Ludens wrote:
I think it is ok to reduce one's taxes if one supports society in other ways by being a good neighbor.
Lori Whit wrote:
I probably wasn't clear. The way the current system seems to work is that I don't have the money to buy health insurance, with or without subsidy, because it's gone up so high here. But I can still be penalized for not buying it.
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Lori Whit wrote:the health INSURANCE industry
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Tyler Ludens wrote:..... then our income diminished to the point we qualify for 100% subsidy of insurance.
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Lori Whit wrote:.....I haven't earned low enough to not owe a punishment fee during the last few years.
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
John Weiland wrote:
Tyler Ludens wrote:..... then our income diminished to the point we qualify for 100% subsidy of insurance.
Do you know if that was a Texas-directed aspect of the ACA or are the cut-off levels mandated federally, Tyler? I would be curious about that for the state of Minnesota.
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Kyle Neath wrote:If you are feeling stressed & unhappy and feel that you can afford to work less, I'm all for that option. Four years ago I was working insane amounts, earning insane amounts, but also super stressed and frustrated all the time. I took my savings, left my expensive city, and ended up being able to take two years off all work completely. Now I try to do enough consulting that I can pay my expenses and spend the rest of my time however I wish (mostly digging holes at the ranch). All in all I was able to reduce my living expenses by about 80% and reduce my working hours by about 75%. I've been very privileged, and everyone's situation is different, but if you can see a path where you can find a way to work less, I would definitely support aiming for that. Life's too short to be stressed out every day.
Travis Johnson wrote:
Something has to give. As one famous permiculturist said, "everything I want to do is illegal", yet while we are losing rights as landowners every day on what we can do with our land, we are paying incredibly high taxes.
Dale Hodgins wrote:Yes, I think in the states, high tax rates often force farmers to go into a high-yield things like corn or soybeans, even if their land and their lifestyle is more suitable to something like grazing. If Travis chose to destroy his soil by growing these cash crops exclusively, the percentage of income going to land taxes, would surely drop greatly.
So, many end up trading soil for money. If any sort of realistic value were put on the lost soil and pollution created by the roughly five gallons of diesel fuel per acre used on his farms, these farms would not be profitable.
Peter Daub wrote:One other option is a health care share.
John Weiland wrote: I would be curious about that for the state of Minnesota.
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