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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many don't realize how good we have it in US.

People have absolutely no clue how abysmal salaries are in many parts of the world they hold on high pedestals. Sweden, UK, Germany, Japan, South Korea, France.....yea, you get all of those social benefits.  In exchange you get extremely high taxes and very poor salaries.  Maybe some of us actually like making double or even triple what our counterparts make in say the UK or Germany and not having the govt control everything?  One of my friends from college who is a duel citizen between US and Sweden is now moving back to the US from Sweden because salaries are piss poor while taxes are high. He already got a job offer in the US for 2.5x his salary in Sweden.  [b]There is almost no other large country in the world with better salaries and levels of taxation than the US.  
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Ha, look at all of the innovation the US produces too.  All of the leading tech companies in the world are still in the US.  EV adoption didn't even get real break throughs into the world until US entrepreneurship/Musk/Tesla broke through the steel curtain to show it could be done.  Hell, look at the COVID pandemic - the world was in its knees....and once again it took American ingenuity and funding of the technology to solve the problem for the world with the vaccines. [/quote]

You are not comparing like with like.  Yes, salaries in the US are higher and taxes are lower.  But you get nothing for the taxes you pay.  You have to pay for your healthcare, your childcare, your higher education, your retirement, the infrastructure is bad.  But taxes are low. Big whoop.

I would gladly pay double in taxes in exchange for a stronger safety net.[/quote]

You do you. Go move.  You don't need to tell everyone about it. Just go do it already if you want low salaries and more safety nets from the govt. [/quote]

What's with the tantrum? This is a calm discussion about what people think.  There is no need to stomp your feet. [/quote]

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