Taxation is theft, Finland ranks #1 with highest income tax rate in the world. #socialism
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25% VAT? How does anyone afford anything? The fuck is wrong with Europe.
Salaries are generally much lower compared to the states as well. We have an office in the UK and I was shocked when I first found out what they're earning compared to people at the same level here.
But mUh fReE hEaLtH cArE makes up for it! Yeah no. I've done the math and at least for my profession not even close. There's a lot of things to gripe about state side and I definitely wouldn't mind another week or two of PTO but I quite enjoy not straddling the poverty line so tightly.
Yeah we pay for them to have private health insurance as well because the public offerings are dog shit.
They do get a lot of vacation, but I get 5 weeks and honestly I couldn't imagine taking more than that. I already cash out 1-2 weeks of it each year because I don't use it.
Prices excluding VAT is lower, more local produce and cheaper to import from China.
Bullshit
Lower wage plus lower living cost gives a better cost of living ratio. But hey, take a trip to Commiefornia and notice all the homeless, then you look around in Europe. You're not gonna find many homeless people at all, anywhere.
The vast majority of American homeless are not "working poor who can't afford the cost of living", but worthless bums who wouldn't work in any country. Better to compare them to gypsies.
What you just said is not entirely nonsense but since it's all in service of trying to justify multiple double digit taxes I'm gonna say it's utter nonsense.