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3 days agoI just realized you are from lemmy.ml.
Fuck off tankie!!!
bitteroldcoot
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RTFA or live with your delusions, the choice is yours.
https://hir.harvard.edu/medical-servitude-the-other-side-of-cuban-medical-diplomacy/
"One driver for doctors participating in these overseas programs is fear. Employed publicly whether at home or abroad, many doctors fear reprisal for refusing to participate in these programs. Sometimes given bonuses, many feel the pay will benefit them and their families while overseas or upon their return, even if marginally. This is often weighed against the possibility of a loss of work and wages, or further reprisal, for refusing to participate.
When overseas, the fear does not dissipate. Many face exile for speaking out about poor pay or conditions. This threat hung over many that participated in the Brazilian exchange, after doctors went to court to sue to be treated as contractors able to earn an entire paycheck and work independently, rather than as employees of the Cuban state. This put them at risk of temporary or permanent exile, with no viable alternative for citizenship or way to connect with their families. This also put any wages they had earned in jeopardy for them and their families. "
The point is you get to decide which of those to do or not to do. You can renounce your citizenship and apply for it in another country. You can move to a state that doesn’t have those tax requirements. And none of those add up to 90% of your wage.
This is not a discussion about where it’s cheapest to work, from a tax perspective. It’s about the fact that the cubans don’t have a choice, while a citizen of the USA or Canada or the EU or UK do have choices. Nobody is holding our families hostage so we will behave.
I used 37% as the max for high earners. The reality could be anywhere from zero to more. Depending on how much you severe your ties and which of the 50 states you resided in, plus the country you work in has a say. Unlike Cuba a US citizen can choose what they want to do. Florida for instance has no state income tax. I thought these points were obvious, but evidently not. Bless your little heart.
USA tax rate maxes out at 37% and then only if you make over $626,351.
Cuba takes 75 to 90% and forces them to not talk about their situation.
RTFA!!!https://hir.harvard.edu/medical-servitude-the-other-side-of-cuban-medical-diplomacy/
what bullshit. The cuban doctors aren’t allowed to leave the Cuba unless they sign a contact giving the cuban government most of their wages. They aren’t volunteers, they are slaves.
3·17 days agoA valid point. I assume you are still young and healthy. I look at the world from the perspective of a senior citizen in Florida. Although I do walk and bike, there are days when I can just barely make it to the car, and into the doctor’s office. I never expected to be this fragile and impaired in old age. I just look at the rest of the world from my own perspective.
Europe has no oil. Your option of avoiding it is now on a 30 to 60 day fuse. You can pay big euros for a real car or buy a bike, but a lifestyle build on other people’s oil is over.
FYI a cheap stripped down electric car already exists in Europe. it’s the L7e quadricycle. looks like a car, acts like a car, can go up to 55 mph, most do 28 mph, $8700 USD. I live in a Florida retirement community and everyone is driving electric low speed vehicles (golf cars). Mine is an older gas model but gets 50mpg. If it dies I’m definitely going electric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadricycle_(EU_vehicle_classification)#Heavy_quadricycles_(L7e)
26010·1 month agoDoes anyone actually believe this post??? Because it reads like upvote farming.
I’ve been testing the various ai for censorship. Chat is the worse by far, followed by Lumo, and google gemini. They are trying really hard to suck up to trump.
“replace imported oil and gas with homegrown energy.” if they had home grown energy available they would already be using it.
You can’t just plant a windmill just anywhere, and the same goes for hydro and solar. It has to be where the wind blows, the water flows and the sun shines. Kind of like the fifth element. China has coal to oil conversion, but they have been exploiting coal for so long they are running low. And as much as I like electric transportation, it can’t run a farm tractor, or 18 wheeler at the scale they need it.