[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Byte1

Obviously, "some" have not lived in other countries or "they" would know that educated professionals in many countries do not make anywhere near what they would make in this country. Lawyers working as security guards at American installations overseas. Doctors working as receptionists, teachers working as maids, etc. Of course, when someone suggests that "1st world" countries pay more "proportionally" then that is also debatable. I've seen how middle class earners live in other countries, including those that I suppose are considered 1st World countries in Europe. It seems that SOME folks are always looking at the grass on the other side of the fence and attempting to make comparisons with what we have here. Out of all the countries I have lived in or visited in my lifetime, I did not see one that I would consider living in permanently. I did see one that might have been decent, had it not had a corrupt and dangerous government, and the criminal element was not so prominent. Just remember that if other countries subsidize transportation, health care, etc. the money has to come from somewhere. Most any country that "GIVES" the most freebies, have the highest tax rates. Our low income and even poverty level folks live a lifestyle equal to many other country middle class earners.

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