That 'extra 20K' of income is easy to sneeze at for the affluent, but it means that Americans have ~40% more disposable income. That's huge. > They don't seem

That 'extra 20K' of income is easy to sneeze at for the affluent, but it means that Americans have ~40% more disposable income. That's huge. > They don't seem to be in more poverty They're clearly not 'more in poverty'. The point is that they spend (the US equivalent) of Trillions of dollars per year for comparable outcomes. >They're healthier, more fit and highly educated. This is a matter of culture, not economics. The US already spends more per pupil than all of the 'top 5' nations, with worse outcomes. [0] [0]https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/education-spending.htm https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/education-spending.htm