[throw10920]

> I find it quite disturbing

Typical emotional manipulation...

> that high taxation is seen as a negative aspect of Europe. I lived in Italy, France and Germany, and I enjoyed public healthcare and education of very high standard at very affordable prices, and free in the limit that one cannot afford to pay for them.

...coupled with an utterly illogical (and factually incorrect[1]) non-argument.

You can have these things without high taxation, if the system that implements them is efficient. It's not.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39402957