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07/06/25
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Originally posted by pintohoo:
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Australia is full of bad practices - and scams, yes. But it's really all from a crook culture. I look at all the business with NDIS - and the arguments about scams, overcharging and abuse etc. ATM, in France - I'm watching a case where a bloke - about 50 years old. Lived by himself in an apartment and had - what is similar to a stroke (he'd had some kind of anomaly in his brain since birth and one day it might have popped). so, let's call it a stroke - he had a stroke and now, months after being out of hospital and in a specialist physio place -------------- all under the normal medical and health system - it's now found that he probably won't ever walk again, - and he's being shifted out of the physio place in a couple of months. So, he's off to live with family in the family home (which he owns part of by French law on inheritance) and in a week or so - both a rep from the organisation and he are going to the family house - to see what his needs are - and whatever he needs - ie. home renovations etc. transport etc - will be done and arranged before he leaves where he is and gets home -all at the expense of the system. No fuss, no bother. And it's been in place for years.No NDIS arguments, it's merely - perfectly normal. And this is without having extra medical insurance. All of these things are easy to dismiss - the 'I'm alright jack' and 'I'll look after myself' attitude ------------- works OK - until - the poop hits the fan. No one is bullet proof. And when the poop hits the fan - one needs a solid social system around you ------------- it is the ONLY security one has. No amount of wealth can guarantee what a good social system can
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When over in France recently and discussing with my cousin, it seems that the French are taxed more than us Aussies ... He was talking about 25% of a wage being paid to go towards things like health and social services and pension etc... then after that the people are taxed on their earnings... Is this your reality there ?