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by usrbinbash
1656 days ago
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Not to mention the person in Berlin has access to state funded medical support, a state funded pension, paid sick leave, paid ma/paternity leave, ... Salaries are lower, but expenses for essential services are simply A LOT less in most of Europe. |
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If you're in a good tech company in Europe you generally end up having private healthcare, a private pension with employer's top up and extended ma/paternity leave.
The problem is that taxes in the USA are still fairly high and comparable to the ones in EU - you would expect some services for the amount of money you're paying. That said, having lived in countries with state run services all my life, I don't think the solution is state run services, but cheaper private services. The problem in the USA is that governments and insurance companies inflated the cost of healthcare ridiculously. Similarly the cost of universities in the USA has been inflated following government intervention.
Talking about state run services: Between waiting times, poor support and the lack of competition the quality is pretty bad, despite what the state propaganda will tell you. Having lived in the UK and in Italy I cannot but laugh hearing that NHS or the SSN are "the best healthcare systems in the world". The amount of bad experiences I had is ridiculous (some of which could have damaged my family health, had we not had the money to pursue private treatment). Universities in Italy, which are pretty cheap at 3-4k€ per year, have several deficiencies and, despite having a handful of great professors who do it out of passion (maybe while running a profitable business on the side), it has its fair share of problems. Not to mention the amount of freelancers in Italy who pay pension contributions every month who will never see a penny for their money.