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I would argue the American attitude is: Money is everything because with enough money you can have anything. It's just a different perspective on life.
by meddlepal 9y ago
I would argue the American attitude is: Money is everything because with enough money you can have anything.
It's just a different perspective on life.
- dogma1138 9y agoIt's not about money it's about self reliance (responsibility) and agency. I'm not an American I live and work in Europe. Yes there are a lot of services but it's not a clear cut case for the upper middle class. "Working rich" is a concept that isn't possible in Europe outside of upper management or self employed. Yes we get healthcare albit everyone in their right mind who can afford it still gets private insurance. Yes we get cheap education but then we also don't get to decide where to send our children to school and private schools in countries that still have them cost a nice sum. Luxury is much harde to attain working in the Tech sector nice cars, houses taking a good vacation etc. Take the example above 45K Euros with a tax rate of about 40% and 20% VAT. Your purchasing power at that point is lower than someone in the US who makes about 35-38K a year and gets medical coverage from their employer.