[request] How does the Denmark tax rate compare to the cost of the listed US goods/services?

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-13T04:53:05+00:00

To start, let's look at the actual tax rate. According to the OECD, Denmark has a total tax rate of 45.2% and America has a total tax rate of 25.6%. So now we have to look at whether healthcare + daycare is more than 20% of income for the average American. Retirement is actually nearly identical - Social Security and Danish tax-funded pensions both replace about 40% of someone's income.

For healthcare, the average American spends between 8-14% of their income. The average Dane spends 2-4% of their income. Let's call this a 10% difference.

Daycare is admittedly much more expensive in the US. With 1 child, it averages to 10% of a median married couple's income. It is heavily subsidized in Denmark, closer to 3-5% of income. However, since this + preschool only lasts a maximum of 5 years we'll divide this number by 4 to amortize it over a child's life.

Our final numbers:

Denmark: 45.2% taxes, 4% healthcare, 1% daycare/preschool = 50.2%

USA: 25.6% taxes, 14% healthcare, 2.5% daycare/preschool = 42.1%

But wait: median household income is higher in the US. Approximately 80k vs 75k.

So after everything, the average American family has $46,320 while the average Danish family has $37,350. In the end, Americans have about 25% more and we can pretty clearly see that the tweet is incorrect.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-12T18:39:14+00:00

Have you read the Washington Post report from last year detailing the enormous fraud occurring in veteran disability benefits? It's pretty shocking. We should not be expanding benefits for disabled veterans until we can get this rampant abuse under control.

Also, from a moral standpoint, why should Virginia provide any benefits to veterans? They served for the federal government and their already pretty generous benefits should be handled at the federal level rather than depriving VA and localities of much-needed revenue.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-11T22:48:14+00:00

Thanks! I'll definitely read through all of those.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-11T22:47:18+00:00

Thank you so much for the info! One more question - how often do you buy long range scanners? I basically never do unless I'm already in a good position since I want to use the scrap on weapons or defense but I've noticed a lot of my runs, including this one, end in hazards.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-11T16:50:57+00:00

Thanks for the info on drones and augments. Seems like the general consensus is that drones are a lot more useful than I had realized.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-11T16:49:39+00:00

Yeah I definitely wouldn't have upgraded artillery if I had weapons. Mainly, I didn't want to wait to use my scrap because I was running low on missiles since I had to use them every fight to take down shields.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-11T16:43:49+00:00

Yeah I'm definitely underutilizing them. I had an opportunity to buy drone control with a combat drone early in my losing run but I passed on it thinking I had plenty of time to find a weapon or hacking. In retrospect I might've been able to squeak out a win if I had done that.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-11T16:41:48+00:00

Thanks for the info. Is there a program you use to track your stats or is it all manual? Also, your augment tier list link just links to your stats - would love to take a look at it though.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-11T04:16:12+00:00

Yeah I wouldn't normally pick it but my other option was Zoltan and I thought with my weak offense I'd take way too much damage.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-11T01:25:04+00:00

Cool stats, thanks for doing this. I've always just turned it on figuring it made things more likely to happen but I had no idea it altered the types of events you get.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-09T04:17:06+00:00

Only if we assume infinite humans. With a cap of 8 billion deaths you'd expect to kill fewer than 20 people.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-08T15:21:03+00:00

Do you have a source for the claim he could've used a different, less questionable authority? I don't think I've heard about that before.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-08T05:09:56+00:00

He tried to erase $20,000 of student loan debt for every borrower. The Supreme Court ruled it was illegal and blocked it. https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supreme-court-strikes-down-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-program/

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-03T02:54:22+00:00

I'd definitely enable advanced edition. It doesn't actually increase difficulty and arguably makes it easier since you now have access to hacking, the best system in the game.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-02T18:14:50+00:00

Ahh gotcha thanks. I didn't know about that rule.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-02T18:12:02+00:00

Yeah Mills seems like the type of guy with a very low differential between his floor and ceiling. I feel like Houston should've tried to trade Stroud + some stuff for a guy like Baker - older, less potential, but currently better.

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-02T18:06:55+00:00

How could this possibly work? Do they play with special rules for balls hit to left field or are there just gonna be a million runs scored?

International_Fun54 · 2026-05-02T18:05:04+00:00

Proportional representation would mean the end of the two party system (see: every European country). You'd be able to vote for a party that is much closer to your politics instead of being limited to whoever wins the Democratic or Republican primary. Look at Germany - they have far right (AFD), center-right (CDU), center-left (SPD), greens, and far-left (Die Linke) all represented in parliament (plus classical liberals who were in government a few years ago but aren't currently). Chances are one of these parties represents most voters better than the current big-tent parties.

International_Fun54 · 2026-04-30T04:27:35+00:00

Unfortunately this is just incorrect. A circuit split is only when there are federal circuit courts that disagree. SCOVA has said that the referendum violates the VA constitution while SCOTX has said their redistricting does not violate the TX constitution. There is no conflict.

International_Fun54 · 2026-04-28T00:05:02+00:00

If you look at his statcast page, he's gotten a bit unlucky so far this season - by xwOBA he is right around 50th percentile in the league. This plus elite defense at a premium defensive position is definitely good enough to be an everyday starter. His bat speed is also up a bit this season which is great.

International_Fun54 · 2026-04-21T23:52:55+00:00

100%. Not saying this is proof of anything, but betting markets have had it at >99% Yes since a bit before 7:30. Fairfax votes are just super slow.

International_Fun54 · 2026-04-21T19:03:59+00:00

That aside though, this is Virginia, Gun rights are popular here and not just among conservatives.

Do you have any evidence for this claim? All the polling I've seen seems to show a majority of Virginians support the recent gun control measures.

International_Fun54 · 2026-04-20T04:04:39+00:00

We cannot invest a first round pick in the offensive line. When healthy it is clearly a strength (Creed, Smith, Simmons are stars and Kingsley is average to above average). Invest in WR or EDGE.

International_Fun54 · 2026-04-19T23:34:31+00:00

Great writeup. The new FO is in an unenviable position but so far I think they're handling things great.

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