Comment by wqaatwt
3 months ago
> They have an abundance of doctors and engineers
They are usually paid several times less than people doing the same jobs in US.
3 months ago
> They have an abundance of doctors and engineers
They are usually paid several times less than people doing the same jobs in US.
But in other countries they dont need to pay so much for social system, insurance or healthcare, kindergarden and so on.. You can not always compare everything with money, when there is a lot around it.
Would you rather spend 10% of 50k on healthcare or 15% of 100k?
Also taxes are generally much higher in these countries as well.
Taxes are usually higher, but not incredibly so. Healthcare spending is generally less for better results. Switzerland spends the most, although nowhere near what America spends, and is where Romney/heritage foundation got the mandatory health insurance idea from.
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But their cost of life is also lower.
Is it? Housing in Paris, London, Munich, Toronto, Vancouver etc. is extremely expensive relative to income of course other stuff varies.
Apples to apples. If you take the extremes in Europe, you have to take the extremes in the US as well. London and Paris most be compared to New York or San Francisco, not with Cheyenne (Wyoming).
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I don't really see why that would be a problem.
It's fine if you're starting from nothing.
But we wouldn't be starting from nothing. There's a large group of people who would lose income and who will lobby against that.