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		tshaddox on Aug 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The one HR benefit every startup should add > If you don't like it, you don't have to take it, of course. Unless you live in a country that funds such programs via taxation, which is most (all?) Western democracies.

mikeash on Aug 26, 2013 [–]

Sigh, I should have known I'd get a reply like this.

The conversation is about commercial, private insurance plans, not about government social security systems. That is what the "it" refers to. You are talking about something completely different.

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