The comments on the sidebar are interesting - lots of Europeans commenting on salary and tax burden vs. cost of education, retirement and healthcare.
I grew up in Germany, enjoyed a free engineering education but moved to US after graduation. My single anecdotal data point seems to agree with a lot of the US commenters on this post: if you're educated and work for a reputable company you're pretty well off in the US. As the situation becomes worse for blue collar and untrained labor workforce it's clear that it's coming at their expense. Wealth inequality in the US is a huge issue and needs to be addressed.
I grew up in Germany, enjoyed a free engineering education but moved to US after graduation. My single anecdotal data point seems to agree with a lot of the US commenters on this post: if you're educated and work for a reputable company you're pretty well off in the US. As the situation becomes worse for blue collar and untrained labor workforce it's clear that it's coming at their expense. Wealth inequality in the US is a huge issue and needs to be addressed.