It's seems to Our American frieds that whe just pays are taxes straight out in the air, the fact is that whe also get money back. Whe have (depending of country) low cost or free, medical care, dental care, child care, school, social security etc...

Oh, there's a cost involved, alright.

High unemployment rates; lack of incentive to start a business (it costs too much, so why bother?); long waiting lists for badly-needed medical procedures (come to the US, you won't have to wait in line).........not to mention high prices on items like V5I.

Sure. Just jump on the government-provided gravy train, and then get everything for "free". It works. Uh-huh.

BTW - I don't want to "get my money back". I want to decide for myself how I am going to spend it. Not through the on-high agency of decisions made by government bureaucrats. I'd rather have the freedom to make my own choices.

As a comparison, sending the kids to higher school in US might cost as more than a house cost while doing the same in Europe might cost about the same as a small cars.

Oh, we could start a different OT thread about the cost of education......and who should be responsible for paying for it.

Yes, education costs in this country are too high. But the reasons have little to do with tax policy. The reasons have to do with government being involved in areas where it shouldn't be.

When the government gets involved, prices go up. And things get more complicated.

Doctors used to make house-calls. And they charged $5.00 for the effort.

Something must have changed in the meantime.

So, no thank you I do prefer my current country over the US.

No problem. That's to be expected -- and nothing is wrong with such an attitude.

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