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> I know you just want to bitch about the vermogensbelasting It's not only that, and I never need to pull out that argument as there are simply much better cou
by mettamage 6y ago
> I know you just want to bitch about the vermogensbelasting
It's not only that, and I never need to pull out that argument as there are simply much better countries than The Netherlands for FIRE [2], most notably Switzerland. In Switzerland you make more [1]. Moreover, compared to Switzerland, the Dutch simply have worse purchasing power [2].
[1a] https://www.payscale.com/research/CH/Job=Software_Engineer/Salary https://www.payscale.com/research/CH/Job=Software_Engineer/S...
[1b] https://ch.talent.com/en/tax-calculator?salary=95335&from=year®ion=Zurich https://ch.talent.com/en/tax-calculator?salary=95335&from=ye...
[1c] https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Zurich https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Zurich
[2] https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.js...