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Originally Posted by TMSRetired
via their social security taxes which are very high compared to that of the US.
Ours is around 15% while Spain's is around 38%.
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That does not answer my (rhetorical) question.
Btw, the employee contribution percentage to social security is not any higher than here (and the maximum base is only about 4k a month).
And if you are making $1000 a month, frankly it is a great deal to pay 6% and have HC benefits (and bunch of others e.g. pension, etc.). While if you make $1000 here you basically rely on taxpayer's assistance since there is obviously no way to pay the "market" rate for health insurance.