The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.

But why?! The USA is a paradise for women! Isn’t that what Margaret Atwood taught us!?

  • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Its USA brainwashing, they feel they are fighting the “enemy” by not paying tax. Even though that extra take home pay ends up going to health care, or car expenses due to lack of transit etc.

    • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      It comes from the idea that our government is so inherently corrupt that they can’t be trusted to do anything correctly with our money, so people would rather keep their money and spend it on themselves directly.

      And I have to say these people are justified, our government doesn’t spend our money on worthwhile things.

      I think the systems where people pay higher taxes usually work better, tho.

      • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        We don’t even need to raise taxes. All the money we need for social services is in the military budget that hasn’t passed a successful audit this century.

        • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Yeah, we have literally all the money we need to pay for all our social services.

          We spend as much as the next 7 largest militaries COMBINED.

          It’s such a massive grift, and we can’t touch the military budget because it’s the only form of welfare that works and tons of Americans NEED it.

          • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            I’d be fine with our military expenditures if we used them for civil engineering in peacetime… And I guess we would have to stop those pesky undeclared wars as a happy knock on effect.

        • IronBird@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          we spend more on healthcare than the military last i checked (but again, no audit on DoD spending so…)

          • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Even so, that’s ~800 billion that could be used for social services and improving lives.

            Also if we’re so skint that we can’t afford to take care of the basics…how did we find all that ICE money? After a massive revenue cut, also!