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We actually get fairly good value for our tax dollar, as EU citizens. I am both American and an EU citizen. While I love the United States dearly, I have a saf

• 0xfaded 6y ago
  I've also lived in the US and now Europe. Don't get me wrong, each had it's pros and cons; as an individual both my purchasing power and quality of life was better in the US. Outside of universal education and healthcare, my conclusion is that the value of the European tax dollar is unfairly distributed. At the local level, European grants and subsidies create jobs for educated people who chose the right course of study. At the Eurozone level, you have the northern "export based" economies essentially using a devalued currency to outcompete the southern countries. Relatively that means more tax dollars for the northern countries, when ideally those would be spread somewhat evenly across Europe. I think Europe needs a technocratic tool that makes the economic performance of all countries everyone's problem. Denmark has an unemployment and retraining scheme called a-kasse that is reasonably well implemented. I could see a centrally funded, Europe wide implementation could be a solution.
  • disabled 6y ago
    Thank you for this comment. I really do believe this is spot on.