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by pentel-0_5 499 days ago
No. Rich Americans do, while everyone else doesn't because America has one of the high rates of economic inequality in the developed world.[0] Why do you think there are so many homeless people in America? America also lacks universal healthcare, unionization at meaningful rates, worker protections, compels slavery of incarcerated people to work for corporations, and offers poor people an inconsistent usually pittance of help. It's far easier to live in Canada, the UK, or somewhere else because there's a social safety net that America lacks.

0. https://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsM