Greatest country in the world to be a citizen. When I went back home to Ireland/UK for a holiday last year, I realized how everyone is getting taxed to kingdom come, no matter if you live In the north or south of Ireland, regardless of political affiliation. Liverpool seemed a little cheaper but still expensive compared to the east coast.
Still the land of opportunity for people who obey the laws, work hard to better their family/situation, and are good to their neighbors. I hope a bunch of Yobs don’t surround your dinner table and threaten and intimidate you when you are a pensioner
dunno about that. I earn roughly the same as I did in the south of Ireland
the tax on my income was slightly higher in Ireland but not much.
but here I pay $5k in property tax, I pay a water bill, I pay a sewer bill And god knows what other stealth taxes.
in Ireland I paid 100 euro property tax with no water or sewer bills.
then I have to buy health insurance by law. That’s another 12k for a family of 3.
Add to that that in Ireland my taxes paid for my Health care and my third level education.
here 50% of my federal tax is spent on the military.
I love living here but the tax and return on your tax dollar thing is a myth.
edit. It might be the land of opportunity due to the vast market size but it’s certainly not the land of equal opportunity. All well and good telling someone to pull themselves up by the bootstraps but what if they don’t have any boots?
