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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have European friends with white collar jobs and similar education levels, and they all have a much lower standard of living than my friends here. I think it’s strange when posters on here suggest having a family and dual income in Europe is some cakewalk. It seems worse to me over there because they can’t outsource like we can.

Also the parental leaves are generous but they have to be given the lower wages. I don’t want to be rude to my friends but it’s challenging to not tell them I could have unlimited parental leave because I’m married and my spouse earns 4-5x what theirs does. Of course they need government welfare to spend time with their baby whereas the average American woman doesn’t. Because if the stronger economy and higher wages the government here doesn’t need to provide parental leave to women.

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You come to a very strange conclusion…only the top 3% income earners in the US are in the position you describe.

Most US parents are dual-income and paying a ton for childcare or one parent doesn’t make enough for it to make financial sense to pay for childcare…but their HHI is only like $50k.[/quote]

Look all I know is how my friends overseas live and how my friends here live. I simply don’t think it’s any better there. [/quote]

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