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Japan is living in the future that the 1990s dreamed of. (startrek.website)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

They provide a service, why wouldn’t they? As a student, I didn’t pay any taxes, but I still benefit from the service. If I had had my rent payment in the wallet or hadn’t been able to afford it, I might have tried to cap it, but it was like 60€ total (for a payment of 6€, not a payment of 60€), so I wasn’t bothered.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because its a public service funded by taxes? Ok now I understand if you didnt pay any

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I’m not sure if it’s partially funded by taxes or just the profit from the found things, because I’ve only dealt with them the once. I’d assume it’s at least partially funded by taxes, because they’d need to find a lot of lost things otherwise. I don’t know if a taxpayer still has to pay a fee, but I suspect so, based on how things generally work here (though they’re also generally sympathetic, in the case that someone does have their rent or something that they can’t afford to pay in the wallet, though there probably is a cap on how much someone would have to pay).

I think of it basically as a deductible for the lost item insurance.

Edit: I realized the problem. The found things bureau called me, I just felt like that was a weird translation so said town hall. Sorry lol