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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]US is a great place to be rich, and a terrible place to be poor.
Europe is a great place to be poor, and a terrible place to be rich.

The poorest US state (Mississippi) is about to surpass the richest EU country (Germany) in GDP per capita. All other US states are ahead of every European country. Just Mississippi needs to catch up!

https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/01/03/the-poorest-us-state-rivals-germany-gdp-per-capita-in-the-us-and-europe[/quote]

Then why is wealth inequality and standard of living for most Americans so low while Denmark, Sweden etc have barely any poverty or wealthy inequality[/quote]

PP explained it.

Because the US sucks up the production of workers and gives it to the wealthy.

In Europe, GDP benefits everyone. In USA, GDP primarily benefits billionaires.

"A great place to be rich" is not a great place. [/quote]

Maybe?  Do you know not wealthy European families?  They don’t appear better off to me. I will give them the fact they aren’t fat and are more attractive.

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That's the point, isn't it? 
How do you determine "better off"? 
Paying less for corn syrup and soybean oil to make you fat and sick?
Having a larger car that you can sit in for hours every day on the beltway? 
Having a bigger house for "privacy" because your country only builds walls out of paper mache? 
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They work similar hours and can’t outsource

Have a crazy high amount of mortgage debt that requires both parents to work

Fewer clothes and household goods

More dependent on public transport and only one car that’s older and less safe

Limited choice for higher education as it’s free but access is decided by the government and is limited

More difficult daily life where it’s more challenging to hire help, stores are often closed and life is more inefficient (going to the grocery store every day for example instead of having a larger home and fridge  - that’s a PIA)

Can’t hire babysitters as it’s not common due to less disposable income

Being expected to stay home for *years* after having a child because you’re a woman and expected to be excited about the minimum wage the government pays you become a second class citizen at work. But when your time is up expected to return to work with a vengeance to pay that high mortgage.

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Its so fun to watch americans disguise their envy. No scandinavian has ever thought ”i really wish I could leave my baby in day care at 4 weeks instead of having my job and a reasonable salary paid for 12 months”

And to the poster asking about the Euro- no christ both DK and SWE have their own currency. DKs is based on USD so now maybe less reliable but this is why people in CPH shop in sweden. Swedish krone is tanking and Malmö is nowhere near as expensive as CPH- for that you gotta go to stockholm.

Scandis dont really need to save for much- we dont pay tuition at college, we get a pension, healthy care is free, the usa ”dream” is a fantastical tail of  slave labor that you people pretend if your own wish. Scandis dont need to keep up the Joneses- they dont exist and nobody cares.[/quote]

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