> Luckily the rich are a minority and this is a majority rule system Hmm, is that why the Build Back Better Act got killed in part by House Democrats wanting a

> Luckily the rich are a minority and this is a majority rule system Hmm, is that why the Build Back Better Act got killed in part by House Democrats wanting a SALT cap repeal? "The rich" you're thinking of excludes a large percentage of high earners who live in high CoL areas but are not wealthy. I'll remind you 20% of California earns more than $162k [1]. That's a lot considering the win margin of the general election and most CA state propositions. Enough to tip elections. > And not dying if a small business owner gets sick has a long run boost to the economy "Small business owner dying because they got sick without insurance" just doesn't happen. This is a strawman. > You'll still have your chance lol Average house price in Frankfurt is 7200 euro/sqm [2]. Tell me again how you can pay for a 200sqm house (=1.4M euro) when European software engineers make less than half of what American engineers make and get taxed more? A new grad at Uber in Europe makes 87k EUR [3]. A new grad in the US at any big name tech company makes more in the range of $180-200k. So your pay is more than double and you get taxed less, meaning you build wealth in the range of 3x as quickly. [1]: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/california-households-must-make-at-least-162-657-to-be-in-state-s-top-20/article_338af9e6-39d6-11eb-970d-93ae63633507.html https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/california-househ... [2]: https://www.ft.com/content/3e4f8c40-1dca-447e-a3c4-69911cfc162a https://www.ft.com/content/3e4f8c40-1dca-447e-a3c4-69911cfc1... [3]: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-salaries-in-the-netherlands-and-europe/ https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-sala...