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As a counterexample, I come from the USA and live in the Netherlands. About the only thing that would get me to move back would be removing profit motive and bi
by yeahwell 11y ago
As a counterexample, I come from the USA and live in the Netherlands. About the only thing that would get me to move back would be removing profit motive and billing overhead from health care and deflating the price of housing.
I pay a substantially higher percentage of my income here in taxes than I did in the USA, out of a substantially lower salary than I made in the USA. Still totally worth it to live in a place with functional social services and infrastructure, and affordable (outside Amsterdam) housing.
- tn13 11y agoRight but USA is not Netherlands. USA is home to immigrants, sends rockets on moon and invents new vaccines.
- tn13 11y agoJust to point out healthcare sector in USA is tightly controlled by government and people don't have a lot of freedom to experiment with quality and price. It is not a surprise if in such cases a socialist government paid system works out better for most people. Though compared to India I find American healthcare far superior in quality but I don't find it worth the price.