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But with most of those cushy desk jobs it’s really hard to make a living nowadays. 95% will probably never be able to buy a house, and also owning a car got too
by andix 4y ago
But with most of those cushy desk jobs it’s really hard to make a living nowadays. 95% will probably never be able to buy a house, and also owning a car got too expensive for many of them (although that may be a thing). As a small business owner you can easily make two or three times what a white collar worker with a masters degree makes. And they usually keep some cash on the side, so they don’t have to pay 50% taxes, like employees do.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoI would be interested in actual statistics on this.
- numeri 4y agoSo, tax fraud?
- andix 4y agoYes, from my experience that’s very common. Most small businesses do that to some extent. Do you have different experiences?
- lmm 4y agoThankfully not so much in Japan, which (unlike most developed nations) hasn't made it illegal to build houses in places people want to live yet.
- midoridensha 4y agoYep, housing in Japan isn't really that expensive, as there's lots of options for very small and inexpensive places to live. You can also get extremely low-interest housing loans here. They're not going to make it illegal to build housing in places where people want to live; that would require a huge change to the national zoning law, which would never happen. The current law works extremely well. Other countries really should learn from Japan's example, as urban planning here is fantastic compared to anyplace else I've been.