[apa-sl]

"I'm paying exactly the same amount of money as the next US-citizen for the content, yet I am treated differently."

Nope, it is even funnier because most probably you're paying more than US citizen. 1eur>1usd on exchange market (and it is a long trend) and - correct me if I'm wrong - price levels are the same for US and EU (ie. 9usd in US, 9eur in EU)?

[asuffield]

US standard price is $9.99 excluding tax. UK price is £7.49 (about $9.89) including tax.

Tax rates on netflix vary, in both rate and whether they are collected at all.

[medecau]

Add VAT to the mix and things even out again.

[spoiler]

From Netflix's point of view it does even out, but the EU citizen still pays more for less.

[lagadu]

No because what we pay in tax we get back in other forms. The US citizen will have to pay for college (instead of being paid to attend), healthcare, court costs, retirement pension, unemployment, etc.

Don't count the taxes as part of what you're getting back, it's very different and beyond the scope of this article :)

[lma21]

In which EU country you get paid to go to college?

[Nullabillity]

At the very least, Sweden[1] and Denmark[2] have systems that pad out your student loans with government grants that apply to (almost) everyone.

[1]: http://www.csn.se/en/2.1034/2.1036/2.1037/2.1038 [2]: http://www.su.dk/english/

[6clotr1ckg]

US has that too, it's called the Pell Grant.

[jononor]

In Norway, 30℅ of your student loan will convert to a grant when you complete the degree. And there is no school money to pay.

[lagadu]

Denmark. Technically you don't get paid to attend, you get a stipend to help pay your living expenses while you're studying. I know it's similar in other places too.

[Freak_NL]

Citizens benefit from any taxes paid in other ways though, so directly equating VAT with a higher net price is not completely fair.