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crux77 t1_izfbs0y wrote

Reply to comment by Plisq-5 in Big Tech is laying staff off, but climate tech is hiring by berlinparisexpress

Which is fine because cost of living is different, and your taxes actually go into social programs like healthcare, education, and childcare.

Here, people are convinced that healthcare should be for profit. And education is going that way as well. So we have to pay thousands every year out of pocket just to see a doctor(my copay was 6k before the insurance I pay $600 a month for kicked in). And spend on average of $17k a year on daycare.

Meaning, basic healthcare and one child's daycare, has now eaten more than 50% of the take home.

But, I'd honestly be so much happier making a much smaller salary if I knew that a lot of the costs of my day to day were taken care of no matter what. If I lose a job here. I am unable to see a doctor until I get another job.

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Plisq-5 t1_izfcduz wrote

Yea, healthcare is cheaper. Daycare… not so much depending on the country.

Child daycare would literally cost 66% of my monthly salary after taxes. Which would leave me with a little bit more than 1k euros to pay for rent and groceries.. my rent is 900 lol. So 100 euros for groceries…

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tickleMyBigPoop t1_izfm9nn wrote

> Which is fine because cost of living is different,

lol plug in real income adjustment to that 55k euros and guess what it's still nowhere close to 120k usd in the US.

You post a bunch of numbers which was really a huge waste of time when you can just adjust for purchasing power parity.

Downvote more europoors

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