The problem here isn’t the fact that you make more money, the problem is that everywhere you turn, every industry is working every angle possible to TAKE that money. Want clean water with minerals in it? In the UK that’s a regular bottled water but in the US you have to research for hours to make sure you’re buying clean water (will not come from your tap) with none of the 1600 chemicals in it that are banned in Europe and uk. Want natural food that is not bioengineered? In Eu and UK that’s on the shelves of the grocery but in the US you have to spend hours researching the names they’re allowed to use to trick you into thinking you’re eating natural food or food that won’t give you cancer. And then the big guns (by the way hope your kid doesn’t shot at school) HEALTHCARE - premiums are upwards of $500 just to be insured and it’s a guessing game whether your doctor (who is probably only out for money) knows how to file insurance claims properly otherwise you could end up with six different bills for a checkup. And people are scared shitless to go to the hospital here, it’s like the second cause of death, doctors are scared to take chances on treatments due to lawsuits and since hospitals are for profit here, they have to find ways to squeeze your insurance or you got every dime you’ve got. So maybe the salary is high but Americans can barely hold on due to all of the costs. I didn’t even mention housing, there is cheap housing but it will not be near a decent city where there are jobs and organic groceries available. Which brings us to the last point and that is there is no decent public transport anywhere here. It’s usually privately owned so again dealing with pure capitalism, dirty and poorly planned.
The problem here isn’t the fact that you make more money, the problem is that everywhere you turn, every industry is working every angle possible to TAKE that money. Want clean water with minerals in it? In the UK that’s a regular bottled water but in the US you have to research for hours to make sure you’re buying clean water (will not come from your tap) with none of the 1600 chemicals in it that are banned in Europe and uk. Want natural food that is not bioengineered? In Eu and UK that’s on the shelves of the grocery but in the US you have to spend hours researching the names they’re allowed to use to trick you into thinking you’re eating natural food or food that won’t give you cancer. And then the big guns (by the way hope your kid doesn’t shot at school) HEALTHCARE - premiums are upwards of $500 just to be insured and it’s a guessing game whether your doctor (who is probably only out for money) knows how to file insurance claims properly otherwise you could end up with six different bills for a checkup. And people are scared shitless to go to the hospital here, it’s like the second cause of death, doctors are scared to take chances on treatments due to lawsuits and since hospitals are for profit here, they have to find ways to squeeze your insurance or you got every dime you’ve got. So maybe the salary is high but Americans can barely hold on due to all of the costs. I didn’t even mention housing, there is cheap housing but it will not be near a decent city where there are jobs and organic groceries available. Which brings us to the last point and that is there is no decent public transport anywhere here. It’s usually privately owned so again dealing with pure capitalism, dirty and poorly planned.