Been to the US many times and my Dad stills lives out there in a lovely part of California.
Love the majority of their/Canada's sports, the friendliness (apart from NY), the food, natural beauty and diversification of different states. Would move there in a heartbeat if circumstances were different, primarily to get away from this shithole of a country.
Been to the US many times and my Dad stills lives out there in a lovely part of California.
Love the majority of their/Canada's sports, the friendliness (apart from NY), the food, natural beauty and diversification of different states. Would move there in a heartbeat if circumstances were different, primarily to get away from this shithole of a country.
Total tax wedge (OECD definition) of the average worker in the UK is approximately 31%. In the US, it's 28.7%.
So, what do we get for that extra 2.3%? - Universal health care, free at the point of need (in the States, the average cost of health insurance is $6,500) - Tuition fees capped at £9,250 (in the States, there is no such cap) - 28 days' annual leave, by law (no equivalent in the US) - Far greater welfare support - Subsidised public transport
And, of course, in the US, there are State and local taxes of up to 10% to pay.
The reason Americans loudly and repeatedly claim to be the greatest country in Earth is, in part, to convince themselves they're a better country than the UK, which is.
These are all perfectly legitimate points. I would counter it by saying that going to university is not a necessity. A store manager at Walmart makes over 100k a year and doesn't need a degree.
Some states are obviously below the 28.7 - particularly those that do not charge state income tax (Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming) albeit they have varying property taxes. What the US lacks in public transport infrastructure, it makes up for with cheap cars, cheap petrol and no road tax.
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Love the majority of their/Canada's sports, the friendliness (apart from NY), the food, natural beauty and diversification of different states. Would move there in a heartbeat if circumstances were different, primarily to get away from this shithole of a country.