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A Boring Dystopia
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Well, it would be incredibly naive to omit or not factor in all the tax-raping. You make $150K, good for you, but you don't get to keep that. Using my state, I Googled how much money is stolen when you earn $150K...they steal $45,442. Leaving you with $104,558. How generous of them. π
So the average person wants to make $150K annually SO THEY CAN KEEP just slightly over $100K. Then yes, the health care & the bills & the savings & the spending. It can chew through $100K quickly enough.
Ignoring all the taxation is theft bullshit, my original question is how is america so expensive that living wages are considered 8x of the highest minimum wages of europe (Less than 20k).
America has lower taxes than any European country. So that cannot be the answer.
oh fun, an actual "taxation is theft" person. i'm assuming you don't drive?
On one hand, itβs reasonable for Americans to be upset with their taxes because they pay so much and get so little in return. On the other hand, you never see these people complaining about how so much their taxes go to corporate handouts and plunder instead of useful things like socialized health care, child care, housing, etc. instead it becomes all about them personally. Itβs very telling. The US is a land of mentally ill sycophants.
I drive more than you, and I see the point you're trying to make but it doesn't work in my state.
ok, just checking
Wow I can't believe how little you understand about what taxes are and how they work. The US has some of the lowest tax rates compared to its peers.
Those are pretty low taxes