> Luckily the rich are a minority and this is a majority rule system
Hmm, is that why the Build Back Better Act got killed in part by House Democrats wanting a SALT cap repeal? "The rich" you're thinking of excludes a large percentage of high earners who live in high CoL areas but are not wealthy. I'll remind you 20% of California earns more than $162k [1]. That's a lot considering the win margin of the general election and most CA state propositions. Enough to tip elections.
> And not dying if a small business owner gets sick has a long run boost to the economy
"Small business owner dying because they got sick without insurance" just doesn't happen. This is a strawman.
> You'll still have your chance lol
Average house price in Frankfurt is 7200 euro/sqm [2]. Tell me again how you can pay for a 200sqm house (=1.4M euro) when European software engineers make less than half of what American engineers make and get taxed more? A new grad at Uber in Europe makes 87k EUR [3]. A new grad in the US at any big name tech company makes more in the range of $180-200k. So your pay is more than double and you get taxed less, meaning you build wealth in the range of 3x as quickly.
Hmm, is that why the Build Back Better Act got killed in part by House Democrats wanting a SALT cap repeal? "The rich" you're thinking of excludes a large percentage of high earners who live in high CoL areas but are not wealthy. I'll remind you 20% of California earns more than $162k [1]. That's a lot considering the win margin of the general election and most CA state propositions. Enough to tip elections.
> And not dying if a small business owner gets sick has a long run boost to the economy
"Small business owner dying because they got sick without insurance" just doesn't happen. This is a strawman.
> You'll still have your chance lol
Average house price in Frankfurt is 7200 euro/sqm [2]. Tell me again how you can pay for a 200sqm house (=1.4M euro) when European software engineers make less than half of what American engineers make and get taxed more? A new grad at Uber in Europe makes 87k EUR [3]. A new grad in the US at any big name tech company makes more in the range of $180-200k. So your pay is more than double and you get taxed less, meaning you build wealth in the range of 3x as quickly.
[1]: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/california-househ... [2]: https://www.ft.com/content/3e4f8c40-1dca-447e-a3c4-69911cfc1... [3]: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-sala...