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Old 07-23-2022, 10:39 PM
 
Location: A Nation Possessed
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Doesn't matter if rent is $1 per month... if you have no income. I'd doubt money grows on tress in Europe.

Rent is even cheaper in (parts of) South America than in Europe. But again, doesn't matter unless you are either rich or have a job there.
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Old 07-23-2022, 10:40 PM
 
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Read history man, what the far left is doing is actually nothing new. It’s been tried in and attempted many times throughout world history and always with the same outcome. Complete utter destruction of a great society. Y’all are destroying this country and deep down inside of yourselves you have to know it’s true. You’re not just destroying one aspect you’re destroying it from every possible angle. You get off on it. It’s an in your face kind of stuff. The only problem is, eventually it’s going to come full circle and you all will be the ones paying for it. “Make your own bed” comes to mind here. You’re gonna dream of a day when America was balanced and the left dreamed of their utopia Waze but realized they weren’t reality.
You've created a whole idea of who I am, how I think. And you are wrong.
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Old 07-23-2022, 10:42 PM
 
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Have you seen US public transit lately? You couldn’t pay me to use it. Europe places heavy income taxes on their middle class. You have much better choice of employment and generally speaking higher salaries in the US. There are pluses and minuses to each system. Ours favors freedom and entrepreneurship.
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Old 07-23-2022, 10:57 PM
 
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It seems like it's mostly liberals who extoll the virtues of Europe, so why don't they move there en masse? Those of us who prefer the traditional American way of life can stay here, and bring things back under control.

Meaning what, specifically ?
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Old 07-23-2022, 11:02 PM
 
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Where the dollar has reached 1-1 parity with the Euro for the first time in the 21st century. And while our gas is at $5 a gallon , Germany is offering monthly unlimited travel by euro-rail for 9 euros a month that’s now $9 bucks a month to travel all over a country unlimited travel

We used to say live in America because take home pay goes way farther , there’s no taxes to pay for healthcare and parental leave and massive social services, BUT

With the doubling and tripling of monthly rents, that more than equates what is like an average Joe getting hit with an encroaching cost of living that leaves NOTHING to be saved . And doing a cost-benefit analysis on moving to Hamburg, Germany or Barcelona, Spain or somewhere in Prague or a villa in Montenegro and working remote vpn …. And having those costs of living

Yes it looks like it is for the first time maybe ever in recent history , mathematically true that you can save more money not living in America than you can living in America …. Because thousands and thousands a month for rent gas and medical and student loans is hitting us harder than European taxes are hitting Europeans
When they start letting just about anybody come and live in their countries, they going to start having the same issues US is having. Actually it is starting already there with all the migrants getting benefits.
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Old 07-23-2022, 11:05 PM
 
Location: Howard County, Maryland
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Meaning what, specifically ?
Meaning that we understand there are only two genders. That each one should use the bathroom assigned to them. That pronouns are based on the actual biological gender of the person being described. That our country is worthy of being praised, not constantly denigrated for being racist or sexist or homophobic, etc. That laws are meant to be obeyed, or changed through the democratic process, not ignored or explained away. That criminality is to be punished, not encouraged or condoned. That religious faith is acknowledged as the bedrock of our society, not shoved to the margins. I could go on, but hopefully you get my point.
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Old 07-23-2022, 11:21 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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Meaning what, specifically ?
Meaning no insanely high taxes and prices for consumer goods and real estate. That is not freedom.

I have been to Europe many times. It’s nice to visit, but your money goes a lot farther in America even now. Our economy is also more resilient.
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Old 07-23-2022, 11:29 PM
 
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I'm still wondering who is paying $4K in rent?


...and thinking that there are MANY if not MOST places in the US that are less than that!
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Old 07-23-2022, 11:33 PM
 
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When they start letting just about anybody come and live in their countries, they going to start having the same issues US is having. Actually it is starting already there with all the migrants getting benefits.
Europe has always alllowed 'just anybody' (meaning immigrants) to live in their countries.

And yes some Europeans blame all the immigrants for all the problems....just like here.
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Old 07-23-2022, 11:34 PM
 
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Americans think European countries are socialist, stupid and weak.


"Why would anyone want to travel or live in any other country besides their own America! The greatest country on Earth!!!. Ta da! Voila! "Let the bells ring out and the banners fly, feast your eyes on me, I'm here, I'm here"![Fog horn leg horn].
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