Pay for same $100k Job: USA vs EU
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You got it wrong, part of those "muh 50%" is the included capital gains tax. You only pay that if you make more than around $60 000 yearly. Anything lower means lower tax.
This is why people don't work longer than 40 hour weeks in the Nordic countries, because there's no gain in that. I know because I live there. For most workers your income tax is 25-35% depending on country, county and municipality.
$1k for a two bedroom apartment? the hell did you look? a 5 star hotel with room service and all inclusive? I paid $300/mo for a two bedroom apartment. $500/mo gets you a house. Assuming you choose to rent. But that's retarded since owning is just as cheap.
Some brand new apartments could cost more, but that's also retarded because why would you wanna live in a apartment where just 3m from your window is the next building and surrounded by libtards? Commie blocks are much nicer inside and has plenty of space between them full of parks with big trees.
All prices in Scandinavia includes 25% VAT, remove that for comparison.
I looked up Helsinki.
Where in scandinavia are you paying $500/m for a house?
That's irrelevant to the point. From whatever money you get after all taxes, you have to buy stuff, and the stuff you're buying is hardly cheaper than in one of the most expensive cities in America.
Anywhere outside the capital cities. Smaller cities are usually cheaper. If you gonna compare Helsinki, capital of Finland and Finland's largest city then you'll have to compare to New York or Los Angeles which is many many times more expensive.
I'm not rich, but I still own a couple of houses with no debt, good luck doing that in America.
It's very relevant because all of EU includes VAT, while the US does not. You're comparing the final gross price with your net price. Don't they teach you in school how taxes work?
I'm comparing net salary to net salary.
How is that hard for you to understand?
If one person gets $50 and an apple is $1 and another person gets $20 and an apple is $0.80, then the first person can buy more apples. It's irrelevant that the second person is being screwed by taxes.
Now you're doing it again, but with wages instead of grocery prices. You're not making $70 000/year net in the US by working for McDonalds, that's just bullshit.