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by JumpCrisscross 708 days ago
> said western Europe, not Europe

My bad.

> benefits you get in western Europe are 10x better than what you get anywhere in the USA

Benefits you’re entitled to. France, for instance, has put a lot of services behind an internet portal. Add to that the stigma of utilising them in many villages and you get low utilisation rates.

I would imagine the poor in Europe are a bit better off. (If we limit ourselves to the coastal states, the answer may be surprising.)