Couldn't agree more

Especially when you consider what Jesus said about rich people.

Agree if it's a private parking firm scalping people for huge amounts of cash. Don't necessarily agree if that money is being fed back into the health trust or hospital itself (though of course that shouldn't have to happen at all, nor should the vast amount of charitable monies that hospitals rely on)

How about the employer pays the employee? Crazy concept, but it works!!! And if that employee makes the customer extra pleased with the provided service, that tip goed to that employee! (And not the employer...) I still can't believe how weird that US system is. It almost feels like it is extortion of the employers. Or should I drop the "feels like" in the previous sentence?

Let's add prison phone charges. If we're really trying to rehabilitate people so they emerge as helpful members of society, why are inmates charged up to $5.70 for a 15 minute phone call? This is the state that pays prisoners $0.13 per hour to work.

This!! Recently I have noticed a lot of bank ATMs are being replaced by non-bank ATMs which charge a fee to withdraw money. Getting to the point where I have trouble finding a local ATM that I can withdraw money from without paying money.

They shouldn't be allowed to do it at all.

Smug smile from the UK.

Ronald Reagan's legacy, he abolished the "Fairness Doctrine". Contrasting viewpoints on controversial subjects were no longer required by law, so, networks were given free rein to embellish the stories reported.

Never heard of this (UK) can you please explain what it is?

There are fantastic free open source alternatives for most popular Adobe softwares. I use Darktable and GIMP instead of Lightroom and Photoshop and I edit my videos on OpenShot instead of Premiere. They work great and costs 0$ but I donate a little to support those developers and designers. And if you need to recover your data from a corrupted hard drive or something check icarefree, another free software which works way better than those expensive recovery services. Long live open source!

Minor tax in UK ensures all medical care is free at point of use ...and yes there are waiting lists...but no one is turned away. No one is penalised for being out of work or not having private insurance. Minor prescription charges in some parts of UK (free in my area Wales) only extra private charges are for opticians and dentistry for adults. You can still get plans for those too...but any medical care required from say an optician finding something requiring treatment is referred back to NHS for treatment with no charge.

Any fees for digital tickets. Booking fee, printing fee, whatever.

And most people end up in debt because of MLMs. They're just legal pyramid schemes.

This is up there with razor blades. In some cases it's cheaper to buy a new printer each time and use the ink it comes with.

I hate the fact i pay subscription to all the channels. Out of 200 i watch like 20 tops. Vut there's no profit if i only subscribe to 20 favourite ones

Rich people paying richer people to make legislation that makes them richer.

it's free in most countries

I believe that all state colleges should be free, or at least severely discounted for state residents. There should never be a case where finances get in the way of furthering your education in my opinion. It benefits *all of us* when we have a more educated society!

Libraries are still free and NO ONE has ever asked to see my diplomas...I'm 66.

Again, depends on what country you are in.

I hear that...I just had to pay tuition fees.

If you really want an education that is affordable, take all the basics at a community college. Transfer to a reasonably priced 4 year school. In the long run, your school's name won't really matter as much as you think it will. You can get a decent education and not be saddled with a lifetime of debt if you're not focused on attending a name school.

When you hear about free edcuation, look for 2 aspects: the quality of that education, and the hidden costs. Free education is actually not free. Sometimes the quality of education is so low at school, that parents have to pay extra to get private teachers for their children, so they can pass the exams. So parents pay twice - once with their taxes, and the second time with the private teachers. Also, costs of all materials, books and stationery go to parents. Also, if the school needs repairing, supplies or some new electronic stuff - parents are asked to pay. Also, an old habit that still continues to this day - parents are required to pay for different occasions, in order to buy presents for teachers (Christmas, 8th March, end of year); if they refuse, this will be reflected in the evaluation of their child. I lived all these these while I was in school and sadly, 20 years later, I see them perpetuating.

I wonder where that picture is taken from?

In our country basic education is free in a state school. However all the universities are private. Their fees range between $1000/annum if you do correspondence to about $8000/annum if you're doing four courses and in-person attendance plus residence etc.

The countries it’s free in tend to be subpar as compared to our system of universities in the USA. The best professors teach here.

That's why The Netherlands has a system where every defect in your rented house means that you pay less rent. At a certain number of defects the house is declared uninhabitable. Landlords hate the system because it means that people can pay less than half of their rent without risking being evicted. The only thing landlords can do to prevent it from happening is keeping the houses up to standard.

Every single human being that makes money from religion, no matter how they do it. Take the Pope, for example.

This should be (and where I live most likely is) illegal.

Companies with bots who buy up blocks of tickets, usually really good ones, and if you wanted a seat in that section you have to pay a fortune to some scam company to get it. Legalized scalping.

WHAAAAT, where does this happen? I didn't even know this was a thing!

Oh my gosh in Australia that treatment would cost $4.50 from a pharmacy.

Paris’ story was so sad to hear.

My homeowners insurance dropped me after I filed my first claim in 16 years. It was a minor claim as well.

They should be allowed to engage in legal business activities like anyone else. It should be in a double blind trust however. The issue isnt the trading stocks, it is that they have direct control.

Okay well maybe this wouldn’t be done if the tax rate wasn’t insane. Killing your self working half the year for people who hate you and other people who hate your home country, sometimes a mix of both. It’s a fûcking scam, so we scam back. Plus I like my painting of a black line, and it’s worth the value people will pay for it. Sorry you can’t spend my money for me.