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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Pay for treatment? Like with money?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes? Amish people have businesses, they make money.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But why would someone pay for treatment? Isn't that what taxes are for?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Oh, sorry, I didn’t get you were doing a bit. Although that does now make me wonder if there are Amish communities of any size outside the US, or outside the northeast US even.