[JohnFen]

> we here in the UK and EU look at the US with envy.

Many in the US, including myself, are looking at the EU with increasing amounts of envy.

[dustedcodes]

Until you come here and realise that your 300k US job only pays 60k here, of which you get taxed more than a third of it and then your taxes only buy you a 2 year NHS waiting list where by the time you get to see a doctor your tumour has grown to the size of a tennis ball and you’re going to die because you couldn’t get healthcare fast enough.

[JohnFen]

I'm well aware of the tradeoffs involved. Some of them, like the ability to get health care, aren't actually that different from the US.