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1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Aug-2018 19:09:43 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

   @Telciris In the case of the Nordic countries, probably 50% of what you earn goes toward some kind of tax, so you have to at least charge twice your net wage. If you're not able to fill your schedule 100%, you then have to pad that further to create a bit of a buffer for the sake of security. If you need to pay an accountant, buy equipment or rent an office space, that requires further padding.

   1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Aug-2018 19:12:34 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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      @Telciris You end up charging prices you don't really feel comfortable about charging. And that's before you've even made any sort of active attempt at blood sucking. I have people telling me that I'm still not charging enough and I'll remain poor if I continue, and they're probably right, but it feels wrong.

      1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Aug-2018 19:20:30 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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         @Telciris The high tax burden provides benefits to everyone. The drawback is that they are soulless benefits, and to get them in a time of need, you must often humiliate yourself by revealing things to government clerks that you'd rather keep to yourself if you place any value on privacy. I believe in sharing, but I don't feel that the welfare state is ideal for me in particular.