Reply #2: UNDERSTATED: We pay MORE and get less.

[Festivito]

We don't pay just as much as Europeans, we pay more and get less.

For example, health care, they pay about 3K$ per capita per year while we pay 7K$ per capita per year. WE PAY MORE.

WE GET LESS.
We're not covered if we lose our job, they are.
We're not covered for pre-existing conditions, they are.
We're not covered if the insurance company denies our claim, they are.
We get to throw fundraisers for family and friends to get lifesaving health care, they don't.
And, on and on and on.
They pay less and get more.
We pay more and get less.

Add health care, retirement, sick days, vacation days they get and we don't, disability insurance, unemployment insurance, ... to our salary and look at our real tax ... it's closer to US paying 80%. They pay 50% and get refunds for doing things in certain ways.

That's not just as much as they pay, we pay more and get less.