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by bombcar 38 days ago
Comparing countries can be relatively pointless because of all the differences. It only matters if you can obtain money in one country and spend it in another.

The main way these numbers are gamed is by finagling with healthcare and post-secondary education, each of which can be as high or as low as you want, depending on what you’re torturing the numbers to confess.