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Re:Ask HN: A US programmer makes 3 times that of a EU progra... by agilob on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @07:29AM (#28838450)
> that high paid workers in the US are well taken care of in this regard.

A lot of Americans will jump into this conversation without realising homelessness rate is 10s times higher in US and EU country with lowest literacy has higher literacy than highest literate state in US

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Re:Ask HN: A US programmer makes 3 times that of a EU progra... by spicyramen on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @07:34AM (#28838490)
This is tangential to the salary and benefits. I live in a county in California where homeless is close to 0 and still makes 3x what a SWE in Europe. American companies such as FAANG take care better of their employees than Europe.
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Re:Ask HN: A US programmer makes 3 times that of a EU progra... by throwaway049 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @07:35AM (#28838502)
That does not really negate the point you replied to. Europe maybe has less inequality than USA, but situation is still not great

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-author...

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