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A chart showing that after common expenses, families can expect to have $14,000 more in disposable income in Oslo than Seattle
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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Looks like it's the healthcare that's eating your lunch. A shame that a state and city at progressive as Seattle, Washington can't figure out health care like Oslo, Sweden when they're basically the same size.

I suppose I should credit Sweden's enormous O&G economy to defray individual income tax costs. But I can't help think healthcare vacuuming up a ton of cash might affect Washington's outflows.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Child Care is 22 times more expensive in the states than Sweden.

    Healthcare is seven times more expensive in Seattle than Sweden.

    Either one is enough to keep people from having kids and keep people from seeing the doctor

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    A city is not going to be able to solve healthcare. Most taxes are paid to federal so the amount going to the city is limited to things like a sales tax, property tax, gas tax, etc. there just isn’t enough money to move the needle on healthcare for just one city. I think a state could potentially do it but I don’t think a city could.

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