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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Newsflash: living in the United States suuuuuucks for 99.9% of people.  The US is only good for the ultra rich.

Garbage healthcare unless rich
Garbage education unless rich 
Garbage infrastructure 
Garbage safety
Garbage housing affordability 
Garbage childcare

It's honestly shocking how bad the US is now for the middle class and why so many people in the US roll over and take it because they let the millionaire and billionaire class tell them everything is fine. [/quote]

Um...ever read any Megan McArdle articles on how the middle class lives in Europe and how small their houses are? How little outside help they can afford to pay for? Sure they get a lot of things from their taxes, but the average American who makes claims like you would be giving up many square feet and any housekeeping/lawn service they pay for to get it. Plus some other things. The European social safety net costs, and it costs [b]the middle class there[/b] as well as the rich.[/quote]

1000%!

Most europeans live in way smaller homes/row homes than US people expect.  They eat most of their meals at home, walk to do most things or take the train.  If they have a car (even if not in a large city), they have only 1, and walk/train/bus most places.  They don't live in a 2000 sq ft home, it's closer to 900-1000---their laundry room is in their kitchen and it's a washing machine ONLY (they hang everything to dry), or if really lucky, it's a washer dryer combo.  But really they minimize electricity usage, because it's 3-4times the cost we pay....they use fans in the summer heat, their gas is 4x what we pay (the prices are per liter, so about 4 L equal a gallon).  They don't eat out alot---they actually cook most of their meals, etc.

By and large, life is still much better in the USA when you consider apples to apples.  
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They also have low salaries almost everyone makes less than 100k even doctors, lawyers, engineers. [/quote]

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