@@Ross-zs4zt I am just gonna add, If it wasn't clear, we do have humour and like Jokes. Robin Williams was one of the most famous actors Here. People perceive us not having humour, because we Like to mess with people A LOT MORE than everybody realises. Sarcasm, playing with language and messing with people's head about certain situations are the Most regular made jokes. We don't fool around. (See what I did here 😉)
Meanwhile in the US Im paying over 30% in taxes between federal, state, and city with no guaranteed pension, no public health insurance, no paid child care, and no free higher education. The grass is always greener on the other side. Be glad you live in a civilized society where your money actually goes to taking care of you instead of being siphoned off by millionaires who dont care about you
Totally! They always complain, then enjoy all the perks like long vacations, pensions, healthcare and free college. There is not much to enjoy in the US.
You are a high earner if you are paying over 30%, we have social security which for someone earning what you do will be more than the average pension in Europe. Our healthcare system is a problem though.
@@Seelenverheizerthat’s stupid . Don’t know where you’re from, but don’t say things you don’t understand. You’re not from Europe although you can try to answer that suddenly
Me watching this as someone who started working in Germany 4 months ago 😂😢 Edit: 26k likes? Thanks guys, that is way more approval than my boss has ever given me 😂 PS: Probation period is over and I still have my job. Wish me luck!
In France we just don't think about the part that go to taxes. Like the gross salary is rarely discussed, we usually talk about the net salary meaning salary after tax, it helps cope with it ^^ Plus, these taxes go funding healthcare, schools, roads and retirement. It's nice to not have to pay thousands of dollars for any injury and knowing you'll get pay after you retire even if you didn't invest in anything XD
It's a misconception, the tax money doesn't pay for anything since the Euro has no coverage. They print it at will, like the US dollar. It's meant to keep you a slave.
@@venoim.90 dollars here would be half of the consult for the primary care doctor that after a couple of tier treatments that the insurance requested, then he will refer you to the specialist, who will also have a couple of appointments 4 times more expensive than the primary care. With insurance we pay a fortune, without insurance we are just screwed.
@@harassed-ou2zbthat's because insurance companies run the "health system". Never read the Hippocratic Oath.... No ethics at all....NONE! You lot are being scammed.... big time.
In the US my mom pays 30% of her income on health insurance and can't afford to go to the doctors because there's still copays for every appointment, blood test, and medication
and what do they pay then? in switzerland we can choose. higher bill per month but you dont have to pay anything or you can lower the monthly bill and have for,example 2000 dollar that you have to pay on our own every year.
@turionb1408 You can pay around 2k a month for a small family and have 3k and up yearly deductible. That is the amount each person pays before their insurance kicks in and then they only cover a percentage of the bill or deny treatment completely.
@@turionb1408 we are a family of 6, soon to be 7. We pay nearly $900/month on health insurance, which is through my husband's employer. Makes it cheaper than anything on the private market. There are copays for seeing your primary care physician outside of an annual exam, Urgent Care, Emergency Room, and different Copays depending on the class of drug your prescription medication is. Plus you have deductibles that you have to meet before some services will be covered(and not always 100% covered) You have to make sure your doctors/hospitals/clinics are in network or they either won't cover anything or they'll only cover a small portion. Even if your care and doctor is in network, most of the time you really don't know what will be covered until you get the bill in the mail. If you feel the bill is too high, it's up to you to fight with the hospital and insurance company to get it fixed, IF you can fix it.
90% he is a renter and not a home owner and that goes for most places.....my family has gotten around this with buying property in smaller towns buying up the old slaughter houses or barns or cellar storage houses from the late 1800s and then spending money to renovate them into houses.....beyond that I do not believe a single one of my family actually bought a house recently - if anything they would have bought a house back in the 50s or 60s at the latest......all my cousins live in apartments regardless of the size of their family
It is difficult to pay mortgages as single person - especially for a house in a city center. But that would be true in every other country. Most people wait till they are ~35 to build - when their live is more settled and they are sure about their job and where they want to live. But a lot are also saving and renting a flat - around 55% of people living here. I do know some friends with high paying jobs that were able to acquire property after ~8 years of working + plus early inheritance - although it is more difficult to do so, as you'll pay more upfront. But you would still pay off student loans in USA 🇺🇸 at that age. Especially the security in your kids going to kindergarden and school for free is good for young families. In the end I think it balances out quite good - you receive free health care and already invest in your pension. Having more work holidays (25-30) and public holidays is just a bonus then. 🗽😇
@@MathsOP due to a declining birth rate, which can be attributed to the rise of feminism (not saying it’s a bad thing) and cost of living/owning a home being horrible
Go to the doctor, be admitted to the hospital for 3 days, be diagnosed with a chronic illness and buy 400 bucks worth of medication you only need to pay 40 bucks for and no other bills whatsoever. That's the moment you realize it's well worth it
@@MarcelDerLPer i'm friends with the dude from my insurance. We talked about it over a cold one and he told me, that all the cost of my endeavor, hospital bed, food, medication in the hospital, procedures, diagnostics, specialized doctors, Labs, etc... about adds up to the sum of my contributions of the past 2 YEARS. For ONE diagnosis, not including any OTHER medical costs i produced over this time frame. God bless the german healthcare system and god bless Karl Lauterbach for modernizing the prescription system and online appointments. If i had to do all this the "old fashioned" way it probably wouldve taken too much time and i would have had lost parts of my colon and now be wearing a stoma bag. At 25 years old.
Yeah it's hard to swallow those taxes when you are new to the country. You haven't been able to enjoy the benefits those taxes fund when you're just growing up or studying and to enjoy cheap healthcare you have to need it before you can realise how nice it is. I'm speaking from finnish perspective but still about the same thing. It's way easier to happily pay your taxes when you have lived a childhood where all the school meals, school supplies and dentist visits have been free, then further education has also been free, you only pay for your books (if you aren't borrowing them) and your cheap student meals. There is cheap housing and government aid too. When you get a job, you happily pay the taxes because you know that if you decide to have a family, those taxes will come back to you as different support options you can have if you need them (childcare packages, paid parental leave, professional help if you are struggling for any reason). Then your children get to enjoy the tax benefits. Then if you are lucky, you get a nice pension when you finally retire. I also like paying taxes because they help people less fortunate than me. A person who didn't have a stable home when growing up can get help from a "first home", where they can live with their infant and learn the skills their parents never taught them from the staff living with them so they can then later live independently and know how to best care for their child. People actually can have the support systems they need to turn their life around if they are ready to. I gladly pay taxes that might help someone break the generational cycle of neglect and abuse. Of course nothing is perfect, people can fall through the cracks in the system and bad management will always waste money and make things worse for people the system is supposed to help. There are always cases where the tax money gets wasted or stolen. But the safety and ease these support networks bring with them is hard to dismiss. I will never have to worry about college tuition costs, medical debt or how my children will get by if I get sick. It takes some time to really feel the benefits of high taxes, if you've never had those support networks before.
This is a good take, from an American perspective, I’m worried that my government has dishonestly pissed away our tax dollars to their own self interests and left us in a ton of unnecessary debt. I agree paying taxes is a good thing but how much do you trust authority in the modern day? For me, not at all
all of this only works if the U.S. decides to keep deterring Russia from waging war on broader Europe. Without that the European nations would have to drastically increase defense spending to deter Russia from doing stupid shit. All that tax money that would’ve gone to free healthcare and free education would be diverted to the defense budget
@@davids8931 It's that 'self-righteous' people in the U.S. try hard to keep that freedom is good for everyone while they subtly take *yours* away. Lying and omitting information to the public is also an information war tactic.
@@Skeety08 Well, do U.S. citizens get healthcare packs paid by taxes right now? I certainly feel they don't. Where does the money keep being funnelled to, then? Oh, the military to keep *Russia* from 'doing evil'. GROW UP, AMERICA, and know that everything done for the sake of your lunacy about security backfires at you one way or another. Try harder not to be the worlds' police or step on another people's toes. IF someone asks for your help somewhere it should only be done to stop explicit CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, which is not being done in the Middle East and Africa now, for instance.
As someone who had to have surgery three times before 16, I absolutely will be ok with paying taxes. If I had been in the USA, I'd have been dead or easily a good half million in debt.
@@emillanghorn1367 You'd be surprised how Italy is one of the top 5 EU countries for number of weekly hours close to 50. Unfortunately it's not efficient and often dispersive without a proper productive focus, this means we overwork without obtaining the desired results, resulting in a sloppy GDP and low salaries.
Strictly speaking all the deductions he quotes are percentages, so if you get paid half as much in Italy, you also deduct half as much. Rather than moaning about how much we pay in tax we should be moaning about how much CEOs and the like get paid, and how little tax multinationals like Amazon and Google pay. Look at RUclips. The infrastructure is expensive, but I spent all morning watching content that cost RUclips itself nothing, while they rake in advertising revenue. How much tax did they pay? Probably less (as a percentage) than any of us.
Try Vietnamese version. 25% cut for all kind of insurance and when we actually get sick, we had to pay with our own money. Plus, house prices here is 35 times of yearly income.
What is this 25% you are referering to? So far as I know, it's 32% in total for all government insurance, incl medical, social welfare, unemployment, and out of that, the employee only pay 10.5%. The rest is paid by the employers. From my experience, we all use net income (real amount employee received, after deducting insurance) in job interview, so we know exactly how much we are gonna receive at the end of the day. The system is not as good as developed country, but you definitely can claim certain part of medication fee upon hospitalization, esp for women after pregnancy.
when you get sick, you can use your insurance card at the hospital. it might be crowded, but many hospitals have a line for people using insurance card. what are you talking about?
Hello foreign friends, here in Brazil we go through the same thing, there is 22% social security charged on top of the salary, 25% on the annual accumulation of money (income tax), and several other taxes. In addition to all this, the cheapest apartment in São Paulo costs at least 300 minimum wages. When we stop to think about these points of the desire to change countries.
It is hard to gain a lot of money in countries like Germany but the importance of excess money is thrown out of the window when you get sick. I live in Sweden and my mom got cancer twice. It would’ve cost us maybe 1 million dollars at least to get her treatment in the us (great aunt paid 200 000$ for breast cancer treatment). Here in Sweden, it was free 😌
It only costs people in the U.S.A a lot of money when they're too stupid to get medical insurance, or if they're poor, not get medicaid for free. Miss me with your bullshit.
Fr? Amazing! One of my relatives gets cancer a lot sadly. I wish we lived in one of those good health countries like Sweden. Although, at least the economy is doing a bit better here. :/
It's time to remove the notion of free medical in European countries as it's paid collectively by all tax payers. It isn't free and the people who work for medical services behave as if they doing a charity by providing us the services that's paid by us upfront. Yeah and they get 30% pension pot thanks to us tax payers again.
This is very much going to depend on what you do and how you actually plan... I have a decent job and I paid 12$ for a surgery that was about the same cost. If you are working at Mcdonalds your healthcare is probably crap, but if you work even a decent job you get decent healthcare.
We do have what’s called “catastrophic insurance” in the US that you can purchase which will cover stuff like this. It’s really not as expensive as what some people think, and it serves the purpose of what insurance was supposed to be for(rare improbable events). But few people choose to purchase it.
Laughing my heart out because here in Greece we lose 1/3 of our salary from the moment the employer pays you until the money is in your bank, on taxes, healthcare insurance and pension. And at the end of the year the state also taxes you AGAIN by 24% on the net amount you've received. 🤣🤣
Come to USA where there is no such thing as vacation and sick leave, drive everywhere because the public transport is non-existent, never retire or but a house because both things are impossible
Not true. Where I work there is two weeks vacation time after 1 year, three weeks after 5 years and four weeks after 10 years and up to one week unused time can be carried over to the next year. Sick leave works pretty much the same way. We have avery nice bus service here. Where do I live, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
My brother lives in Germany, he moved there from the UK and stayed.. he supports a family with two grown men (apparently they are still kids😂) and he and his wife have a mortgage… they go on holidays, collect old bikes and cars and he does this on ONE wage I emigrated to NZ, I live in a car, and can’t even pay for my dental treatment 😂😂😂
@@maurizioarrivabene8182 he is a welder in a metal fabrication plant… they are careful with their money, don’t waste it on shop bought coffees and meals etc, they shop at second hand shops and Lidl or similar… they mostly choose ‘free’ entertainment I.e hiking, picnics, swimming in lakes etc His wife does a cleaning job privately for a wealthy family but does not earn more than ‘pocket money’ and she works damn hard at home to keep things looking nice and cooks great meals… Italian German she is the most loyal, supportive, capable and multi skilled wife and mother ….
Germany is great. Homeownership isn’t real high but you can rent for 30 or 4O years the same apt., of course you have to furnish the kitchen of your apt. With everything. All the appliance, the sink, the cupboards, and countertops yourself. Sometimes even the floors. The water heaters for the most part are like 5 gallons which is why Germans don’t bathe enough and carry a haven’t had a bath for a month smell. Oh and the teeth. Yep care is cheap there if only they’d take advantage of it and buy toothpaste. But hey, we all love our countries and like to brag about how wonderful they are.
Europe is good, you don't loose everything when you are ill, your kids have fully equiped schools, you have good roads and lights on streets, the police does their work, I've been to some countries in other countries, people work and work and have no food security or other type of secutiry! I love Europe and our "social" policies. The housing crisis is real, though, but I was lucky I bought a house 5 years ago! :)
In the US people pay, 11.6% of median income for health care every year. I can also see a specialist within a few day. Unlike in Canada where you might have to wait 6 months. You better have great health care if you are paying 18% in Germany. I could get some Amazing health insurance for that price.
@@IAmTheRealBill Ah yes, a person who most likely speaks more than 1 language is beeing mocked for not knowing every single possible mistake they made. Do you feel better now?
There is tuition free university in Germany and generous scholarships/grants, and free children care in many states. As well as a generous social safety net.
@@beckypetersen2680Yes, and we have a social tax system and understand that education is a raw material that we all have to keep alive. It is not for nothing that we are one of the richest countries in the world despite being very small.
@@beckypetersen2680 Nothing wrong with that. Those taxes keep the 500,000 euro student debt away. Unlike America where students studying medicine/sciences/engineering/law can end up in over 400k debt.
@@HunterSteel29wir brauchen kluge Köpfe, daher finde ich es wenn Studenten besser unterstützt werden. Da manche Ausbildungen staatlich finanziert und entlohnt werden
At one point in German history taxes were a lot lower, housing was always becoming more accessible, the economy was booming and the trains were on time. Everything was clean too.
Actually; there's like a billion jobs opening; you can work then while waiting for your administration to conclude But offcourse it's easier for immigrants to just sit on their ass
Nah. Try having to be at work at 5 A.M. It sounds like it's really early and it truly is, but the upside is that you get off work fairly early in the day so that you still l have enough time in the day to go do something, like go shopping if you need or want to.
En México el impuesto sobre la renta depende de la cantidad de dinero que ganes, ganando menos de 9000 pesos no se paga impuestos y el maximo es ganado más de 50 mil pesos mensuales, se paga 35% de impuesto sobre la renta yo gano 25 mil pesos mensuales y pago 12% de impuesto sobre la renta, ademas de eso solo queda el IVA que es de 16%, asi que en total vendría pagando 12% de mis ingresos en impuesto mas 16% fel valor de lo que compro, sin embargo mucha económica es informal y no se pagan impuestos.
In the states we have all these deductions except no universal healthcare no mandated vacations, the roads are trash and public transport is non existent 😂yet taxes are high and inflation is through the roof 😂
The thing is germany is good for low to medium income folks for all the reasons you mentioned. But if you are high skilled worker, US will offer 4 times salary for the same job and those jobs usually come with added benefits just like in germany. So for people in high salary positions germany is not a good place. Which is why this country always has skilled worker shortage.
It depends, high income equals more taxes and if you have a family you have to account for the insurance premium, deductibles, etc. Also, depending on the state you'll also have to pay state income tax and sales tax at various rates. For me, added all together I probably pay about the same in German "taxes", except in the states we don't lump everything into one bucket. Lastly, if you lose your job, good luck with healthcare, retirement, etc. and we still have crappy roads, schools, and the list goes on....
That’s why I’m never going back to work and live in the US, it’s too corrupt and you pay thru the nose in taxes and get nothing in return, it’s modern day slavery!!!!
You know nothing of high taxes or bad roads. You complain about high taxes but if a German got your paycheck and saw the deductions, they'd be hopping with joy.
I am from Chile southamerica. We pay taxes for the services probided by the state, sadly those services are not so good therefore we pay for particular education and health we can choose the doctor, the hospital, schools and universities. Maybe we pay almost the same as in Germany, but we can choose the services we want to use.
Chile is a whole other thing, you guys suffered extremely under Pinochet and still to this day the government is pretty neoliberal. I find it strange how the worker class of Chile still hasn't risen up in a revolution.
American IRS will take a minimum of 25% out of your paycheck just to start and then they tax everything to death. And you still have health insurance that comes out of your paycheck medical dental insurance and eye Insurance because it's all separate, and then there's your life insurance which is another separate charge, and then there's any uniform reimbursement fees that you have or tool rental that you have to pay or fuel reimbursements or anything like that that they might also take out of your check. So the American worker really only gets to spend about 15% of their money on what they want. The rest goes to taxes and fees. We dont have free health care. We pay an insurance premium, then there are copays and the deductible.
Yup, him complaining about having a down payment after 10 years, here we will never have enough for a down payment, six figure medical debts, and likely no social security retirement by the time we are old. 😊
@@thebuttermilkyway687 or, now stay with me Jimbo, you could skip college, get a trade job, and make more by your fourth year of that than more than half of the college graduates, while having no college debt and a job that isn’t going to leave the country or get subsumed by tech. First example, graduate HS, get your CDL, and drive truck while living at home and save what you’d pay in rent - or help mom and dad with the bills. Then at 21 go interstate (aka long haul) have no housing or transportation costs and be banking over 50-90k per year. Do that for a few years and you have enough to buy not just a house but acreage and a house and remain debt free. You also have the option of turning it into your own trucking business. No college or college loans needed. If you do what the sheep do, you will get fleeced. If you realize the people are being lied to about college and good jobs, you can shed the wool from your eyes and live a good life.
@@IAmTheRealBillI alway wanted to be a truck driver. Plumber? Contractor? Laborer? Electrician. No thank you. And all of those careers (except laborer) require training, and/or education/certification/apprenticeships….
Social security and levelling system (the more you earn, the more tax you pay) for all the safety nets in our society. In some cases it does not even pay off to go to work. Does not stimulate (some people) even to go to work. Of course, many things are organized well, but it comes at a cost. In Netherlands the same.
Well, all the taxes are annoying but they ensure a strong social security system, also it’s the idea of community where rich people pay more than less fortunate citizens. Could be even better measured but no system is perfect.
The problem is that the really “rich” people can also afford to avoid taxes or social security (even if it is usually close to illegality). Therefore, the biggest tax burden remains on the middle class up to a certain income. The same with companies. The big global players pay almost no taxes in Germany (or anywhere else), while the small and medium-sized businesses have to carry the system.
Well, here in Brazil is similar. The taxes are many and some are costly. Theoretically, they should be used for maintenance of public services (schools, health centers, etc.), but in reality, most of the money is diverted
Come to India , 30% income tax and 18% GST on all most all items you buy, even Rice carries 5% GST, the petrol and diesel has 60% VAT.Apart from this you have to bribe even for getting a passport or Driving Licence or get water connection to your house , all the government officials will demand money for doing duty😂😂😂😂
And don't forget - 0 amenities for all this tax paid.. No Social security check if u lose ur job , No pension , Bad infrastructure , Over population and extremely bad Govt facilities...
You can't club all of India together. There are states like Kerala which has strong and easily accessible healthcare & education sectors for the middle class but lack any real industrial development. Then there are states opposite of that
I feel you😢 it's the same shit here in Hungary...we have like 38% tax on your salary. Unless you work at a shady place,than you get your full salary,but then you can say bye bye to retirement,because those times are does not count as worked down days/weeks/months...ect.
I was born in Germany and i still hate getting up early, after 12 years of school my eyes still burn like fire, my body feels like it’s paralyzed, i have to put all of my strength together to get up
In India they wake up at between 4 to 5 In malaysia and singapore they start school or work between 7 to 8, kids finish school by 12:30, people finish work by 3 to 4.
As a polish high school graduate I can relate ma neighbour, 8-9 hours since 7:30, excluding homework and studying for uninformative tests that will be wiped out from your memory after a week
Well , compared to USA the retirement system has quite a few improvements. In the USA from what i know the company you worked for is in charge of paying you your retirement money, and if the company goes bankrupt , good bye money, also you can retire earlier. In Europe , for the years you work and the salary you get the state gives you points , and when you retire you get your money from the government , so even if the company no longer exists since 30 years before you retire you still get your money for the work you have done. If you want to retire early then you can be jobless and pay a private company for retirement money later when you are at the right age for retiring
Health is for citizen , pension is for you too , social insurance is also for you , it’s all safety nets for health , retirement , disability and societal ills, like being laid off , accidents etc
Noone starts office jobs this early The missing money means safety from being unemployed and full compensation during sickdays for up to 6 weeks, afterwards 80% indefinitely. Yes, this sucks, but it means we have a lot of security and safety. Housing market is expensive not because of the paychecks but because of investments, property owners using housing as speculation for interest and massive office Buildings in the middle of the city. Don't blame social stuff for your issues, talk to each other and find solution in community!😊
hahahahahah here in Netherlands almost EVERYBODY has a mortgage. (housing loan) what are you talking about. 6 out of 10 houses are bought. And 4 out of 10 are rental.
It's a mentality thing. Germans notoriously prefer rentals and, from my experience, it's mostly because they move due to work. But for Romanians, for example, it's common to get a house loan because they're less likely to move around and the concept of owning a home is deeply ingrained in their mindset.
Most of my German neighbors would agree about the taxes. Most cannot afford to eat out more than 2X a month. Despite near free medical care many smoke despite the graphic photos on cigarette boxes.
In Sweden wake up at 4 am and drive to work and begin 6am get 30 minutes total break. End work at 15:30. Or work first shift 9am-1pm then go home and eat and go-to work again 5pm-10pm AND MOST IMPORTANT PAY 33% TAXES
@@isa17lo absolutely, and if you live in the rural areas you NEED a car. I take buss to work and it goes at 4:16 am to begin work at 6am. There are very few busses and usually very weird hours. Like I have to wait 30 minutes after I stop work to get on the bus
I live in Germany and I also get up at 4am or even earlier and start work at 6am. It depends on the job you make. I like to start at 6am, it means I'm earlier at home unless I get the 12 hour shift then I hate it 😂
@theliosewell896 yeah. There's no perfect system. I'm Canadian, and Canada offers sub-par healthcare to everyone, as long as you can wait for it. America offers premium healthcare, but only to those who have the means to access it. I'm sure there's some sort of hybrid system that could be implemented that would blunt the negatives of all, but to my knowledge, no country has been truly successful at that yet.
@@blazenkatkalcevic6374 trust me. That's even less what I said. 😅😭 Me and my boyfriend buy only necessary groceries and every week, we spend at least 50 euros. Inflation is killing us
Why don't people just charge per anum for houses though? That's what happens in Nigeria and it's a lot easier cos you don't have to worry about it for a while.
Not to mention the 19% VAT (or 7% for some foodstuffs) and hundreds of additional taxes that are charged on individual goods and services. Depending on your standard of living, around 70% of the money you earn goes to the state for taxes and social security contributions.
Guys… in Italy the state gets about 70% of all that is yours in a year. And services sucks, and salaries are far lower than Germany. Try here, you will go back in Germany in 5 minutes
yeah, but that's just the governments way of hiding the actual amount for the insurance paid so people won't be as pissed, the employer could have paid you that money in extra salary
@@RadicalLiving with taxes the roads, schools, everything you use, interact and profit from is payed. you dont get crippling medical bills, you get a pension(that could be higher but people tend to vote against their benefit, they should vote progressive) overall the goverment pays more for the average person in Germany than they get in their lifetime from them.
That sounds great. Much better than canada where we work all day leave work and go to work go to bed to go to our 2-3 jobs and still cant afford a thing
😂😂 Don't forget the "Steuerzahlergedenktag" der dieses Jahr Mitte Juli ist. Ab diesem Tag arbeiten wir nur für uns und nicht mehr für den Staat.😂😂 Good topic! YOU made my day❣✌
Germany salary sucks, like example in Germany you getting 1300€ after taxes in Netherlands 2000€ after taxes, that's why so many germans living in Germany but working in Netherlands
How can you get 1300€ iff minimum wage is 10€ netto per hour Iff you work 40 hours a week that is 1600€ And that is bare minimum Maybe you are not registered at full work time Me with 2 kids work 200 hours a month at 12€ netto I get 2400 netto salary and 250 € per kid pay So i get 2900€ netto payed on my account and i cant say that i worked my ass off from wotk 😂
I love Germans. They are for the most part hard working and honest people. Extremely well organised.Things made in Germany have quality. Be proud to be German❤
Not really, it would be an eternity if you consider that every 20 years the euro loses 50% of its value. If you wanted to buy a house for €500,000, when you have saved €500,000 in 50 years, with an inflation of 3.5%, the house would appreciate to €2,968,000. Although if you know how to invest and have the capacity to save at least €200-300 per month, in 30 years you could buy a good house. For example, by making a fairly conservative investment in the SP500, earning €250 per month for 30 years, you could buy a home for €500,000.
That's crazy 😩 I've heard about people being unable to afford houses in Canada but I didn't know it was like that in Europe as well. I'm South African 🇿🇦 I only started working 2 and a half years ago but I already bought myself a 3 bedroom house in a middle class suburb in February this year.
First child: emergency c-section, 3 days stay in hospital, medication for two weeks, first two baby check-ups; costs: 15€ for parking ticket + 30€ tip for nurses (voluntarily) + 2,50€ chocolate ice lolly on the way home. Second child: arrived at 11 pm, normal, unmedicated, easy birth, went home at 4 am after first baby check-up; costs: 0€, since parking is free over night + 10€ tip + 3,50€ for a cup of cappuccino on the way home. Third child: medical emergency during birth, had to stay with baby at the paediatric icu for 4 days, 3 days on the maternity ward, dismissed home on day 7, medication for 2 weeks, first two regular and plenty of additional baby check-ups; costs: 35€ parking tickets + 30€ tips + 50 € for pizza, flowers and candy for the nurses and doctors + 1,50€ popsicle on the way home. German healthcare alone is worth every damn cent they take out of my check. 🥰
@@NthQldGirl No, in Germany there is absolutely no obligation to tip anybody anywhere anything. Not even in restaurants. The bill says 24,99 you are absolutely free to pay 24,99 and leave. But most Germans tip at restaurants anyway, 10% is a common tip, or at least we round up. And there are lots of kind-hearted Germans, who leave a small tip at hospitals when they are discharged (some let their relatives bring flowers, snacks and coffee for the nurses and doctors who treated them, some give some money) and who tip service workers in general. A common thing in Germany is people asking "Haben Sie eine Kaffeekasse?" (=do you have a coffee fund / kitty /tip jar?), and when they say "yes" they hand them some cash with a nod and a wink. The only place I have encountered, that doesn't allow their service workers to accept tips is in German IKEA restaurants.
This is the most accurate video I have ever seen. I work as a developer and earn around $100,000 a year. However, after paying my rent, car expenses, and child support for my two kids, I have nothing left. I’m just waiting to get my German passport so I can move to another European country. Also, German trains are terrible: they’re dirty, smelly, the air conditioning often doesn’t work, and they’re always late.
For the uninitiated....Germans have insurance for EVERYTHING!!! They even have insurance..for other insurance!!!!🤣🤣🤣 And in spite of the moniker of good german engineering.......german trains are........notoriously NOT ON TIME!!!!!!! I was pampered from Japanese Shinkasen/train/metro/rail system🥲🥲🥲🥲 Luckily, I ❤ my german direct boss...he was a sweetheart!!! He ate some food that made for an office welcome potluck for all the international staff...and he said my food was..edible😂😂😂
I’m an American and I can’t complain. I have good benefits/insurance, good salary and healthy bonuses. Good jobs are out there. You usually have to shoot beneath your skill set for your first job and work your way into the desired career of your choosing.
Aber dafür gesetzlichen Urlaubsanspruch(in den USA nur sehr gering ausgepragt, Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall, Zugang zum Gesundheitswesen, auch bei Arbeitslosigkeit und ein soziales Netz, welches im Notfall einspringt.
@@lextor4712 How many rich people are there in america compared to the population? and how many poor people compared to that same middle/working class population? Considering most of europe isn’t dealing with massive homelessness issues, and most people live comfortably in the middle. I’d say it’s much more preferable than rich people who lobby the government to keep others down.
but you'll never be RICH by just working in a single office job. you know that, right? but in Germany, you work in an office job and have your medical expenses paid by your insurance and taxes. all people need to double their efforts to double their income, no matter where you are. I say Germany is better than our corrupt country (I'm from Asia)
This channel seems to have a lib bias, all about how big the taxes are, when in US you'd just have to use that left-over money, and likely more, to pay for private versions of what Germany provides you just for taxes. Except with those private versions you have to deal with private market that is optimized to scam you.
@@sirok_egolite The taxes are high, but those taxes pay for lots of stuff that you'd need to pay for yourself in the US. For a lot of people that I've heard from who have worked in both countries they have more money left at the end of the month in Germany than in the US, even if they have a comparable wage. In the US you just need to pay so much money for so much stuff that you don't need to pay for in Germany/is way cheaper in Germany. E.g. in Germany university costs almost nothing, childcare is so so much cheaper than in the US, healthcare is much cheaper in Germany, groceries are much cheaper from what I've heard (especially healthy foods seem to be more affordable in Germany), and so on.
@@MusicIsland_1 taxes in Brazil are as follows: 1. On wage, you start paying 7.5% once you earn 380€ or more per month, once you reach 800€ monthly it's 27.5% 2. On goods (this one is where it's a huge mess) but for example, a vehicle which costs 20k USD in USA, same vehicle is 37K USD in Brazil. 3. Utilities such as electricity *also* have specific taxes on them. 4. There also part of your salary which isn't paid to you but to the government and you can only use in specific situations. But in essence, the poor people pay more and sooner and the 27.5 is low only for the rich who can then have access to goods and find way to pay less taxes on them
Only if you earn more than 62k per year. Below that your taxes are between 14-24% Goal is still to have as many people healthy and educated enough to be productive members of the economy and not rely on state substitutes. Funny enough US spends around 30% gdp on social while Germany only spends 25% gdp. And yet we have state pension, free health care, free university education, free kindergarden, affordable and available public transport
Now calculate what you would have to pay for every doctor's visit. Sick day education, transportation and anything everything else. I did that in the nineties, and out of pocket costs a hell of a lot more in the u s a
Paying 420 out of 2200 euros for living and working in one of the best countries in the entire world is more than fine. Public health and education is actually really good in Germany
Unless you live in places like Berlin or Munich, cause with that salary you better get yourself a cardboard box to live in. Over the last few years the rent has skyrocketed to crazy amounts, the salaries not so much.
The switch from English to German after 10 years was smooth 😂😅
True, I didn't even notice.
When you're an actual German citizen, it's pretty easy to do 😂
I didnt even notice 😂
That was before Labour won in July. Now the Germans are speaking English.
I also didn't notice 😂
Think of all the money he saved having just one shirt for ten years!
after taxes, he has not enough money to buy a new shirt
Or think about the time he would have saved if he didn’t had filmed himself before work!
That’s all he could afford. Have to support all those refugees.
@@george344 and official tax plunders in 🏛
😂😂😂😂😂
"IS THIS A JOKE!?"
"No sir we do not do "jokes""
we take our jokes very seriously.
@@chaosgoettin LOL.
Robin Williams joke on the subject of German humour springs to mind, and I'm inclined to agree with his hypothesis 😅😅😬
@@Ross-zs4zt I am just gonna add, If it wasn't clear, we do have humour and like Jokes. Robin Williams was one of the most famous actors Here.
People perceive us not having humour, because we Like to mess with people A LOT MORE than everybody realises. Sarcasm, playing with language and messing with people's head about certain situations are the Most regular made jokes.
We don't fool around. (See what I did here 😉)
Yeah they should pay for radical islamic "refugees" and for ukrainian weaponry😂😂😂
Meanwhile in the US Im paying over 30% in taxes between federal, state, and city with no guaranteed pension, no public health insurance, no paid child care, and no free higher education.
The grass is always greener on the other side. Be glad you live in a civilized society where your money actually goes to taking care of you instead of being siphoned off by millionaires who dont care about you
Totally! They always complain, then enjoy all the perks like long vacations, pensions, healthcare and free college. There is not much to enjoy in the US.
Yeah fr. 😊
Taxes come on top in Germany, not mentioned in the video...
You are a high earner if you are paying over 30%, we have social security which for someone earning what you do will be more than the average pension in Europe. Our healthcare system is a problem though.
Luckily I moved to Singapore…
From what i understood, in Germany, it hard to get rich but it pretty accessible when it comes to living comfortably
No
yeah it keeps you working poor extremely efficently to a point where working barely is worth it
@@Seelenverheizerthat’s stupid . Don’t know where you’re from, but don’t say things you don’t understand.
You’re not from Europe although you can try to answer that suddenly
Same in Sweden
@@marcussorensen5549 more taxes more money laundering.
Me watching this as someone who started working in Germany 4 months ago 😂😢 Edit: 26k likes? Thanks guys, that is way more approval than my boss has ever given me 😂
PS: Probation period is over and I still have my job. Wish me luck!
15 years in Germany - 07:00h -F@ck! Am still alive!
😂😂
get out as soon as possible for you 😂
Haha and what's your review
Move to Sweden. You will miss Germany.
"Thought I could rely on the train being on time but neh eh." 😂
I think the fear is if the trains run on time, the fascists will come back in the open
@@redjoker365What?
Wait they don't in germany?
I was there for 2 weeks earlier this year and I think they went on strike 4 times while I was there lol.
to be fair. a rather large portion of our trains ARE indeed on time. it's just those that aren't tend to be the one's you remember ;)
In France we just don't think about the part that go to taxes. Like the gross salary is rarely discussed, we usually talk about the net salary meaning salary after tax, it helps cope with it ^^
Plus, these taxes go funding healthcare, schools, roads and retirement. It's nice to not have to pay thousands of dollars for any injury and knowing you'll get pay after you retire even if you didn't invest in anything XD
It's a misconception, the tax money doesn't pay for anything since the Euro has no coverage. They print it at will, like the US dollar. It's meant to keep you a slave.
You are investing...by force.
@@maccartistry3570 No, my boss is investing, he's the one giving the money ^^
My salary is around 1,5k per month, , my taxes are 100 bucks per year ^^
Germany gives its tax money to anyone & anywhere else but for importent stuff like retirement, ...😑
And if you're really really healthy and never use it? What a waste.
In the US - My health insurance is about 18% of my pay, but that's just for the coverage. Then you have your copays, deductible, and coinsurance.
I payed after a eye operation 90€ just for the 🛏️ not for the operation
And after 4 checks if all is good, not a single payment
@@venoim.90 dollars here would be half of the consult for the primary care doctor that after a couple of tier treatments that the insurance requested, then he will refer you to the specialist, who will also have a couple of appointments 4 times more expensive than the primary care. With insurance we pay a fortune, without insurance we are just screwed.
Yeah, I was gonna add that at least he didn't end up homeless due to medical bills
The wrong doctor sneezes in your direction and you pay it in full, because it's not covered by your insurance, lmao.
THIS. So many Americans are against universal healthcare but we literally pay more right now for insurance, co-pays, and deductibles!!!
Thats why we don't panic when we get ill. We just go to a doctor get treated and continue our life without a receipt
We Americans put our life savings into health insurance only to get denied when we need life saving surgery
@@harassed-ou2zb😢
@@harassed-ou2zbthat's because insurance companies run the "health system". Never read the Hippocratic Oath.... No ethics at all....NONE! You lot are being scammed.... big time.
Meanwhile in the US - crowdfunding for cancer treatment
@@harassed-ou2zbSpeak for yourself
In the US my mom pays 30% of her income on health insurance and can't afford to go to the doctors because there's still copays for every appointment, blood test, and medication
That’s sucks really hard, sad to hear dude
and what do they pay then? in switzerland we can choose. higher bill per month but you dont have to pay anything or you can lower the monthly bill and have for,example 2000 dollar that you have to pay on our own every year.
@turionb1408 Insurance doesn't pay for anything. Sometimes, it's cheaper to pay cash even that it's to expensive
@turionb1408 You can pay around 2k a month for a small family and have 3k and up yearly deductible. That is the amount each person pays before their insurance kicks in and then they only cover a percentage of the bill or deny treatment completely.
@@turionb1408 we are a family of 6, soon to be 7. We pay nearly $900/month on health insurance, which is through my husband's employer. Makes it cheaper than anything on the private market.
There are copays for seeing your primary care physician outside of an annual exam, Urgent Care, Emergency Room, and different Copays depending on the class of drug your prescription medication is. Plus you have deductibles that you have to meet before some services will be covered(and not always 100% covered) You have to make sure your doctors/hospitals/clinics are in network or they either won't cover anything or they'll only cover a small portion. Even if your care and doctor is in network, most of the time you really don't know what will be covered until you get the bill in the mail. If you feel the bill is too high, it's up to you to fight with the hospital and insurance company to get it fixed, IF you can fix it.
As a german I can confirm this but I have to add that the house might be a one room Apartment depending where you are located.
90% he is a renter and not a home owner and that goes for most places.....my family has gotten around this with buying property in smaller towns buying up the old slaughter houses or barns or cellar storage houses from the late 1800s and then spending money to renovate them into houses.....beyond that I do not believe a single one of my family actually bought a house recently - if anything they would have bought a house back in the 50s or 60s at the latest......all my cousins live in apartments regardless of the size of their family
That you will lose as soon as you need to rely on the social net, because it's probably worth more than what you are allowed to own to be helped.
It is difficult to pay mortgages as single person - especially for a house in a city center. But that would be true in every other country. Most people wait till they are ~35 to build - when their live is more settled and they are sure about their job and where they want to live.
But a lot are also saving and renting a flat - around 55% of people living here.
I do know some friends with high paying jobs that were able to acquire property after ~8 years of working + plus early inheritance - although it is more difficult to do so, as you'll pay more upfront.
But you would still pay off student loans in USA 🇺🇸 at that age.
Especially the security in your kids going to kindergarden and school for free is good for young families.
In the end I think it balances out quite good - you receive free health care and already invest in your pension.
Having more work holidays (25-30) and public holidays is just a bonus then. 🗽😇
You forgot 60 years in Germany, when you don't want to work anymore, but you're glad to be alive and easily making it without a train or bosses.
Haha right, pension age will just increase and increase, requiring an ever growing younger population to support them
@@davidshepherd8917funny thing, those young people do not, and will not exist. huge long term labour shortage incoming
@@MathsOP due to a declining birth rate, which can be attributed to the rise of feminism (not saying it’s a bad thing) and cost of living/owning a home being horrible
Hahaha because that's only the case when your 60
@@davidshepherd8917 feminism is definitely a bad thing.
I thought the taxes in Germany was crazy until I went to Belgium lol, almost 60% in taxes.
Sweden is even worse
Wow, that's a scam
Me who lives in Flainders:
It's 62% here in Serbia.
@@salaheddinegrar OMG 70% and i thought i was socialist when i somehow accept almost 50% gone.
Go to the doctor, be admitted to the hospital for 3 days, be diagnosed with a chronic illness and buy 400 bucks worth of medication you only need to pay 40 bucks for and no other bills whatsoever. That's the moment you realize it's well worth it
yeah compared to usa the taxes pay for you in the end
@@MarcelDerLPer i'm friends with the dude from my insurance. We talked about it over a cold one and he told me, that all the cost of my endeavor, hospital bed, food, medication in the hospital, procedures, diagnostics, specialized doctors, Labs, etc... about adds up to the sum of my contributions of the past 2 YEARS. For ONE diagnosis, not including any OTHER medical costs i produced over this time frame. God bless the german healthcare system and god bless Karl Lauterbach for modernizing the prescription system and online appointments. If i had to do all this the "old fashioned" way it probably wouldve taken too much time and i would have had lost parts of my colon and now be wearing a stoma bag. At 25 years old.
@@DominikHatHunger yeah most forget that when they see how much taxes we have the taxes pay for you sooner or later
Eben.
Diagnosed in Germany? Ibuprofen and then dismissed more likely 😂
It's nice evening someone who shows the positives and negatives of a country bc I know so many that just show the positives
Yeah it's hard to swallow those taxes when you are new to the country.
You haven't been able to enjoy the benefits those taxes fund when you're just growing up or studying and to enjoy cheap healthcare you have to need it before you can realise how nice it is.
I'm speaking from finnish perspective but still about the same thing. It's way easier to happily pay your taxes when you have lived a childhood where all the school meals, school supplies and dentist visits have been free, then further education has also been free, you only pay for your books (if you aren't borrowing them) and your cheap student meals. There is cheap housing and government aid too.
When you get a job, you happily pay the taxes because you know that if you decide to have a family, those taxes will come back to you as different support options you can have if you need them (childcare packages, paid parental leave, professional help if you are struggling for any reason). Then your children get to enjoy the tax benefits. Then if you are lucky, you get a nice pension when you finally retire.
I also like paying taxes because they help people less fortunate than me. A person who didn't have a stable home when growing up can get help from a "first home", where they can live with their infant and learn the skills their parents never taught them from the staff living with them so they can then later live independently and know how to best care for their child. People actually can have the support systems they need to turn their life around if they are ready to. I gladly pay taxes that might help someone break the generational cycle of neglect and abuse.
Of course nothing is perfect, people can fall through the cracks in the system and bad management will always waste money and make things worse for people the system is supposed to help. There are always cases where the tax money gets wasted or stolen.
But the safety and ease these support networks bring with them is hard to dismiss. I will never have to worry about college tuition costs, medical debt or how my children will get by if I get sick.
It takes some time to really feel the benefits of high taxes, if you've never had those support networks before.
This is a good take, from an American perspective, I’m worried that my government has dishonestly pissed away our tax dollars to their own self interests and left us in a ton of unnecessary debt. I agree paying taxes is a good thing but how much do you trust authority in the modern day? For me, not at all
all of this only works if the U.S. decides to keep deterring Russia from waging war on broader Europe. Without that the European nations would have to drastically increase defense spending to deter Russia from doing stupid shit. All that tax money that would’ve gone to free healthcare and free education would be diverted to the defense budget
@@davids8931
It's that 'self-righteous' people in the U.S. try hard to keep that freedom is good for everyone while they subtly take *yours* away.
Lying and omitting information to the public is also an information war tactic.
@@Skeety08
Well, do U.S. citizens get healthcare packs paid by taxes right now? I certainly feel they don't.
Where does the money keep being funnelled to, then? Oh, the military to keep *Russia* from 'doing evil'.
GROW UP, AMERICA, and know that everything done for the sake of your lunacy about security backfires at you one way or another.
Try harder not to be the worlds' police or step on another people's toes.
IF someone asks for your help somewhere it should only be done to stop explicit CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, which is not being done in the Middle East and Africa now, for instance.
As someone who had to have surgery three times before 16, I absolutely will be ok with paying taxes. If I had been in the USA, I'd have been dead or easily a good half million in debt.
In Italy we have the same but salaries are half what they are in Germany, we call it "hard mode".
Lol
Haha yeah... 😔
thats because you also only work the half of the time :P
@@emillanghorn1367 You'd be surprised how Italy is one of the top 5 EU countries for number of weekly hours close to 50. Unfortunately it's not efficient and often dispersive without a proper productive focus, this means we overwork without obtaining the desired results, resulting in a sloppy GDP and low salaries.
Strictly speaking all the deductions he quotes are percentages, so if you get paid half as much in Italy, you also deduct half as much.
Rather than moaning about how much we pay in tax we should be moaning about how much CEOs and the like get paid, and how little tax multinationals like Amazon and Google pay.
Look at RUclips. The infrastructure is expensive, but I spent all morning watching content that cost RUclips itself nothing, while they rake in advertising revenue. How much tax did they pay? Probably less (as a percentage) than any of us.
Try Vietnamese version. 25% cut for all kind of insurance and when we actually get sick, we had to pay with our own money. Plus, house prices here is 35 times of yearly income.
What is this 25% you are referering to? So far as I know, it's 32% in total for all government insurance, incl medical, social welfare, unemployment, and out of that, the employee only pay 10.5%. The rest is paid by the employers. From my experience, we all use net income (real amount employee received, after deducting insurance) in job interview, so we know exactly how much we are gonna receive at the end of the day.
The system is not as good as developed country, but you definitely can claim certain part of medication fee upon hospitalization, esp for women after pregnancy.
when you get sick, you can use your insurance card at the hospital. it might be crowded, but many hospitals have a line for people using insurance card. what are you talking about?
Hello foreign friends, here in Brazil we go through the same thing, there is 22% social security charged on top of the salary, 25% on the annual accumulation of money (income tax), and several other taxes. In addition to all this, the cheapest apartment in São Paulo costs at least 300 minimum wages. When we stop to think about these points of the desire to change countries.
Damn, only 35x your income?
Not only in Germany, but also in Italy must go to work/school at 7:30 or for school 8:00 O'clock.
Sorry for my English, but I'm trying to learn it
why did i get this video recommended RIGHT AFTER MY BROTHER WENT TO GERMANY TO WORK for money
What else did he get paid in? Donuts and apples? 😅😂
devices listen and reccomend content based on what is heard
@@missloopyNo way...
@@missloopy only if you have something like Alexa or Cortana. Cortana is impossible to fully disable though. Fk Microsoft.
😂
He thinks he's gonna buy a houseeee, I am laughing tears!
Right 🫣😅
It is hard to gain a lot of money in countries like Germany but the importance of excess money is thrown out of the window when you get sick. I live in Sweden and my mom got cancer twice. It would’ve cost us maybe 1 million dollars at least to get her treatment in the us (great aunt paid 200 000$ for breast cancer treatment). Here in Sweden, it was free 😌
It only costs people in the U.S.A a lot of money when they're too stupid to get medical insurance, or if they're poor, not get medicaid for free. Miss me with your bullshit.
Fr? Amazing! One of my relatives gets cancer a lot sadly. I wish we lived in one of those good health countries like Sweden. Although, at least the economy is doing a bit better here. :/
It's time to remove the notion of free medical in European countries as it's paid collectively by all tax payers. It isn't free and the people who work for medical services behave as if they doing a charity by providing us the services that's paid by us upfront. Yeah and they get 30% pension pot thanks to us tax payers again.
This is very much going to depend on what you do and how you actually plan... I have a decent job and I paid 12$ for a surgery that was about the same cost. If you are working at Mcdonalds your healthcare is probably crap, but if you work even a decent job you get decent healthcare.
We do have what’s called “catastrophic insurance” in the US that you can purchase which will cover stuff like this. It’s really not as expensive as what some people think, and it serves the purpose of what insurance was supposed to be for(rare improbable events). But few people choose to purchase it.
Laughing my heart out because here in Greece we lose 1/3 of our salary from the moment the employer pays you until the money is in your bank, on taxes, healthcare insurance and pension. And at the end of the year the state also taxes you AGAIN by 24% on the net amount you've received. 🤣🤣
Τέλεια.
Warum kommt ihr alle nicht nach Italien 😊😊 bestimmt verdient ihr hier Mehr ..😂😂😂😂😂
Come to USA where there is no such thing as vacation and sick leave, drive everywhere because the public transport is non-existent, never retire or but a house because both things are impossible
Not true. Where I work there is two weeks vacation time after 1 year, three weeks after 5 years and four weeks after 10 years and up to one week unused time can be carried over to the next year. Sick leave works pretty much the same way. We have avery nice bus service here. Where do I live, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
I'll be able to retire in a few years. I own my house and car. Maybe you live in the wrong place.😊
@@JeffMarshallfan And I have 5 weeks as soon as I start work lol. Why would I trade that for 2 weeks after a year or give up my unlimted sickdays?
@@JeffMarshallfanit's sad that you think it's a great benefit to finally be allowed 2 weeks vacation after working a year.
no person chooses public transport over driving if they have the option. who wants to ride on packed trains full of criminals and crack heads?
My brother lives in Germany, he moved there from the UK and stayed.. he supports a family with two grown men (apparently they are still kids😂) and he and his wife have a mortgage… they go on holidays, collect old bikes and cars and he does this on ONE wage
I emigrated to NZ, I live in a car, and can’t even pay for my dental treatment 😂😂😂
Cant do that with one salary unless youre a doctor or something
@@maurizioarrivabene8182 he is a welder in a metal fabrication plant… they are careful with their money, don’t waste it on shop bought coffees and meals etc, they shop at second hand shops and Lidl or similar… they mostly choose ‘free’ entertainment I.e hiking, picnics, swimming in lakes etc
His wife does a cleaning job privately for a wealthy family but does not earn more than ‘pocket money’ and she works damn hard at home to keep things looking nice and cooks great meals… Italian German she is the most loyal, supportive, capable and multi skilled wife and mother ….
@@fairysnuff-000 i cant imagine him making more than 3000 euros, which isnt enough to have this kind of lifestyle youre portraying here
@@maurizioarrivabene8182 you are probably over estimating the ‘collecting old bikes and cars’ … when I say old I mean old… munted, rusty, in pieces…
My hubby and I moved to NZ from RSA. We have a house, 2 cars and we are renovating our house. NZ is expensive, but it also depends on where you live.
Well, you can't afford a house in the US also, but the difference is that indentured slavery is illegal in Germany.
I'm thinking of moving there to understand my ancestral roots and the chocolates or New Zealand just because there's a few friends who moved there.
People buy houses in the USA. Slavery is illegal in the USA. Also if you don't like the USA, you are free to leave the USA.
Lol if you work harder or smarter you will be like the rest of us who have a house
Germany is great. Homeownership isn’t real high but you can rent for 30 or 4O years the same apt., of course you have to furnish the kitchen of your apt. With everything. All the appliance, the sink, the cupboards, and countertops yourself. Sometimes even the floors. The water heaters for the most part are like 5 gallons which is why Germans don’t bathe enough and carry a haven’t had a bath for a month smell. Oh and the teeth. Yep care is cheap there if only they’d take advantage of it and buy toothpaste. But hey, we all love our countries and like to brag about how wonderful they are.
@@b3arwithm3 Yeah right. Most "houses" you mean are hardly more than shacks.
You got a great sense of Humor. I always wanted to visit Germany. Best wishes for you and your channel!
Europe is good, you don't loose everything when you are ill, your kids have fully equiped schools, you have good roads and lights on streets, the police does their work, I've been to some countries in other countries, people work and work and have no food security or other type of secutiry! I love Europe and our "social" policies. The housing crisis is real, though, but I was lucky I bought a house 5 years ago! :)
In the US people pay, 11.6% of median income for health care every year. I can also see a specialist within a few day. Unlike in Canada where you might have to wait 6 months. You better have great health care if you are paying 18% in Germany. I could get some Amazing health insurance for that price.
And yet you still can’t differentiate between lose and loose. 😂
I just accepted the fact that when people talk about europe they don't mean the whole continent only the first world countries within it
@@IAmTheRealBill Ah yes, a person who most likely speaks more than 1 language is beeing mocked for not knowing every single possible mistake they made. Do you feel better now?
@@IAmTheRealBill Grammar Nazi lol
You forgot that in ten years he probably had like 3 incidents which were free of charge to heal and get better. Which is a pretty major thing.
They weren't free of charge. He paid in taxes.
@@The_Gallowglass No he didn't. Health insurance is no tax. And better have one than need one.
@@The_Gallowglass of course it's not free. There's no free lunch.
@@AlejandraSabina >:D
@@gummiente3622 its being taxed from something, nothing is free.
There is tuition free university in Germany and generous scholarships/grants, and free children care in many states. As well as a generous social safety net.
And all those things are funded by your taxes.
@@beckypetersen2680Yes, and we have a social tax system and understand that education is a raw material that we all have to keep alive. It is not for nothing that we are one of the richest countries in the world despite being very small.
@@beckypetersen2680 Nothing wrong with that. Those taxes keep the 500,000 euro student debt away. Unlike America where students studying medicine/sciences/engineering/law can end up in over 400k debt.
@@HunterSteel29wir brauchen kluge Köpfe, daher finde ich es wenn Studenten besser unterstützt werden. Da manche Ausbildungen staatlich finanziert und entlohnt werden
Generous social net?? Who do you think pays for this generosity?????
At one point in German history taxes were a lot lower, housing was always becoming more accessible, the economy was booming and the trains were on time. Everything was clean too.
Young people were a lot more too and less migrants taking up social benefits
Before Merkel
Then illegal migrants as refuge tag😂 at least legal migrants pay tax but illegal its like leech in the system
Last year I paid 7k for my emergency appendectomy. I had insurance too.
It sucks all around.
in germany? or in another country?
You live in America ?
@@Aletheia8 Yup
@@NayNay97xoxo US
In germamy it would be for free lol
Very satisfying to have heard him speak German at the end 🤌
What did he say? I couldn't make it out,? It was blocked by advertising
Bro never go in France if he thinks that taxes are high in Germany
Belgian crazy laugh
I mean downside I don't have free healthcare but the mass of positive I get to is I pay less taxes than some countries in Europe
You already know what I'm inferring
Bruh, Lithuania accounts for a 39.5% in taxes from minimum wage😂
@@Zanarful that too much
Living in slovenia workin in germany is mad crazy. You have a pretty nice life if you do that
We all know it's fake when it's the first day in Germany and he's already having a job.
First day of work 😂
@@ComResKi My ukrainian relative over there just lives off the refugee paychecks, doesn't even bother to go to work.
Actually; there's like a billion jobs opening; you can work then while waiting for your administration to conclude
But offcourse it's easier for immigrants to just sit on their ass
@@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц in India ???
@@КонстантинМатвеев-д8цliving life on easy mode eh
He thinks 7:30 is early, then try to be at 6 o´clock at work a.m. at work
Here in Spain we have Germany's timezone, but sun doesn't rise until 9 am in winter!
@@BlackHoleSpain and in the uk the sun doesn't rise at all lmao
Congratulations on being a serf.
This is fcking hellhole wtf?!
Nah.
Try having to be at work at 5 A.M.
It sounds like it's really early and it truly is, but the upside is that you get off work fairly early in the day so that you still l have enough time in the day to go do something, like go shopping if you need or want to.
Same in Belgium...
But years later I got sick for a really long time and I didn't have to pay anything, worry or lose my job
En México el impuesto sobre la renta depende de la cantidad de dinero que ganes, ganando menos de 9000 pesos no se paga impuestos y el maximo es ganado más de 50 mil pesos mensuales, se paga 35% de impuesto sobre la renta yo gano 25 mil pesos mensuales y pago 12% de impuesto sobre la renta, ademas de eso solo queda el IVA que es de 16%, asi que en total vendría pagando 12% de mis ingresos en impuesto mas 16% fel valor de lo que compro, sin embargo mucha económica es informal y no se pagan impuestos.
In the states we have all these deductions except no universal healthcare no mandated vacations, the roads are trash and public transport is non existent 😂yet taxes are high and inflation is through the roof 😂
The thing is germany is good for low to medium income folks for all the reasons you mentioned. But if you are high skilled worker, US will offer 4 times salary for the same job and those jobs usually come with added benefits just like in germany. So for people in high salary positions germany is not a good place. Which is why this country always has skilled worker shortage.
@@sohininandi5742 Most actual high skill workers get medium income.
It depends, high income equals more taxes and if you have a family you have to account for the insurance premium, deductibles, etc. Also, depending on the state you'll also have to pay state income tax and sales tax at various rates. For me, added all together I probably pay about the same in German "taxes", except in the states we don't lump everything into one bucket. Lastly, if you lose your job, good luck with healthcare, retirement, etc. and we still have crappy roads, schools, and the list goes on....
That’s why I’m never going back to work and live in the US, it’s too corrupt and you pay thru the nose in taxes and get nothing in return, it’s modern day slavery!!!!
You know nothing of high taxes or bad roads. You complain about high taxes but if a German got your paycheck and saw the deductions, they'd be hopping with joy.
I am from Chile southamerica. We pay taxes for the services probided by the state, sadly those services are not so good therefore we pay for particular education and health we can choose the doctor, the hospital, schools and universities. Maybe we pay almost the same as in Germany, but we can choose the services we want to use.
You can do that in Germany too.
do you really think doctors in germany are better? They sucks.
Chile is a whole other thing, you guys suffered extremely under Pinochet and still to this day the government is pretty neoliberal. I find it strange how the worker class of Chile still hasn't risen up in a revolution.
@@staff4226Pinochet was not a liberal he was a dictator ,an autocrat ,big difference from liberal!
Taxes are about %48 in Germany, Do you realy pay that much tax in Chile?
American IRS will take a minimum of 25% out of your paycheck just to start and then they tax everything to death. And you still have health insurance that comes out of your paycheck medical dental insurance and eye Insurance because it's all separate, and then there's your life insurance which is another separate charge, and then there's any uniform reimbursement fees that you have or tool rental that you have to pay or fuel reimbursements or anything like that that they might also take out of your check. So the American worker really only gets to spend about 15% of their money on what they want. The rest goes to taxes and fees. We dont have free health care. We pay an insurance premium, then there are copays and the deductible.
a working person in Germany pays for health insurance for an unemployed person. so it's free only for lazy people
Yup, him complaining about having a down payment after 10 years, here we will never have enough for a down payment, six figure medical debts, and likely no social security retirement by the time we are old. 😊
Plus you have to pay for your student loans and also fund your own retirement savings. So really it’s like you are paying more than a 50% tax rate
@@thebuttermilkyway687 or, now stay with me Jimbo, you could skip college, get a trade job, and make more by your fourth year of that than more than half of the college graduates, while having no college debt and a job that isn’t going to leave the country or get subsumed by tech.
First example, graduate HS, get your CDL, and drive truck while living at home and save what you’d pay in rent - or help mom and dad with the bills. Then at 21 go interstate (aka long haul) have no housing or transportation costs and be banking over 50-90k per year. Do that for a few years and you have enough to buy not just a house but acreage and a house and remain debt free. You also have the option of turning it into your own trucking business. No college or college loans needed.
If you do what the sheep do, you will get fleeced. If you realize the people are being lied to about college and good jobs, you can shed the wool from your eyes and live a good life.
@@IAmTheRealBillI alway wanted to be a truck driver.
Plumber? Contractor? Laborer? Electrician.
No thank you.
And all of those careers (except laborer) require training, and/or education/certification/apprenticeships….
Social security and levelling system (the more you earn, the more tax you pay) for all the safety nets in our society. In some cases it does not even pay off to go to work. Does not stimulate (some people) even to go to work. Of course, many things are organized well, but it comes at a cost. In Netherlands the same.
Well, all the taxes are annoying but they ensure a strong social security system, also it’s the idea of community where rich people pay more than less fortunate citizens. Could be even better measured but no system is perfect.
The problem is that the really “rich” people can also afford to avoid taxes or social security (even if it is usually close to illegality). Therefore, the biggest tax burden remains on the middle class up to a certain income. The same with companies. The big global players pay almost no taxes in Germany (or anywhere else), while the small and medium-sized businesses have to carry the system.
Poor guy couldn't even buy a new shirt in 10 years😂
I am exactly on the 10th year of working in Poland and I can relate to every stage of the video (1st day, 1st week etc)!
what the heck you doing in that shthole. lemme guess - girlfriend/wife? there are no other reasons to stay there for that insanly long time
Well, here in Brazil is similar. The taxes are many and some are costly. Theoretically, they should be used for maintenance of public services (schools, health centers, etc.), but in reality, most of the money is diverted
Come to India , 30% income tax and 18% GST on all most all items you buy, even Rice carries 5% GST, the petrol and diesel has 60% VAT.Apart from this you have to bribe even for getting a passport or Driving Licence or get water connection to your house , all the government officials will demand money for doing duty😂😂😂😂
At least petrol is less taxed than in Poland {80%)
And don't forget - 0 amenities for all this tax paid..
No Social security check if u lose ur job , No pension , Bad infrastructure , Over population and extremely bad Govt facilities...
You can't club all of India together. There are states like Kerala which has strong and easily accessible healthcare & education sectors for the middle class but lack any real industrial development. Then there are states opposite of that
What's the point?You still have to pay for private unis & private health care.And don't forget,there aren't enough good jobs.@@Michael-yo3vu
Wow, India is more corrupt than I thought.
In the US they deduct less, but we get few services.
Where the value of "few" is ZERO for most Americans.
@@smartalek180. Idk probably not if you have kids in school, drive on the roads or use public transit, etc.
USA is waaaaay better than Germany though.
Europe is great for lower skilled Jobs, but toxic af for higher skilled jobs.
@@dirtyprancing5930 From what I have seen, all your "Services" are complete trash.
Off topic but I love your accent when speaking English! Very soothing.
Oh thank you!
I feel you😢 it's the same shit here in Hungary...we have like 38% tax on your salary. Unless you work at a shady place,than you get your full salary,but then you can say bye bye to retirement,because those times are does not count as worked down days/weeks/months...ect.
As a german student, i feel the morning part
while here,me as +62 citizen at 06:30am...
"this is fine"..
Come in Italy 60% tax but at least the trains work 😂😂
They are always late in Italy too
If the train workers aren’t on strike!
I was born in Germany and i still hate getting up early, after 12 years of school my eyes still burn like fire, my body feels like it’s paralyzed, i have to put all of my strength together to get up
Why what time do U have to get up there ?
Try going to bed early. Maximum by 21:00 you are already asleep. You will wake up refreshed.
8 years, I had to be out of the house at 04:30. Got home by 19:00. 5, sometimes 6 days a week. Paid close to 25% in all taxes and insurance.
In India they wake up at between 4 to 5
In malaysia and singapore they start school or work between 7 to 8, kids finish school by 12:30, people finish work by 3 to 4.
As a polish high school graduate I can relate ma neighbour, 8-9 hours since 7:30, excluding homework and studying for uninformative tests that will be wiped out from your memory after a week
Well , compared to USA the retirement system has quite a few improvements.
In the USA from what i know the company you worked for is in charge of paying you your retirement money, and if the company goes bankrupt , good bye money, also you can retire earlier.
In Europe , for the years you work and the salary you get the state gives you points , and when you retire you get your money from the government , so even if the company no longer exists since 30 years before you retire you still get your money for the work you have done. If you want to retire early then you can be jobless and pay a private company for retirement money later when you are at the right age for retiring
Health is for citizen , pension is for you too , social insurance is also for you , it’s all safety nets for health , retirement , disability and societal ills, like being laid off , accidents etc
Noone starts office jobs this early
The missing money means safety from being unemployed and full compensation during sickdays for up to 6 weeks, afterwards 80% indefinitely.
Yes, this sucks, but it means we have a lot of security and safety.
Housing market is expensive not because of the paychecks but because of investments, property owners using housing as speculation for interest and massive office Buildings in the middle of the city.
Don't blame social stuff for your issues, talk to each other and find solution in community!😊
Housing loans are actually rare in the EU, people start by saving money for 20 to 30 years, often getting aide to make a purchase from family.
Never heard of this theory before. Normally everyone here (Germany) has a mortgage and takes about 30 years to pay it off.
hahahahahah here in Netherlands almost EVERYBODY has a mortgage. (housing loan) what are you talking about. 6 out of 10 houses are bought. And 4 out of 10 are rental.
Nonsense
Big differences per eu country. Netherlands and germany are more alike but eastern and southern countries have a different way of ding things.
It's a mentality thing. Germans notoriously prefer rentals and, from my experience, it's mostly because they move due to work. But for Romanians, for example, it's common to get a house loan because they're less likely to move around and the concept of owning a home is deeply ingrained in their mindset.
French in germany "Wow so much money after taxes ! Damn I'm gonna be rich man !" 😂
Getting cancer in the US: Well, the basement of my parent's house looks cozy 😂 (😐🔫)
Bro this is life everywhere on this friggin planet. Makes me wanna randomly stop & scream on the streets whenever i think about it
He used lot of years to make this video i appreciate
Most of my German neighbors would agree about the taxes. Most cannot afford to eat out more than 2X a month. Despite near free medical care many smoke despite the graphic photos on cigarette boxes.
In Sweden wake up at 4 am and drive to work and begin 6am get 30 minutes total break. End work at 15:30. Or work first shift 9am-1pm then go home and eat and go-to work again 5pm-10pm
AND MOST IMPORTANT PAY 33% TAXES
What getting up at 4am...!!??🙀 No ways I couldn't do that that's crazy...I love my sleep
I guess the time people get up in the morning varies depending on their job, right?
@@isa17lo absolutely, and if you live in the rural areas you NEED a car. I take buss to work and it goes at 4:16 am to begin work at 6am. There are very few busses and usually very weird hours. Like I have to wait 30 minutes after I stop work to get on the bus
I live in Germany and I also get up at 4am or even earlier and start work at 6am.
It depends on the job you make. I like to start at 6am, it means I'm earlier at home unless I get the 12 hour shift then I hate it 😂
@@ManiekM115 yeah think it's like this in the eu. I have never heard of a 9-5 though
You forgot to mention that you dont go bankrupt the first time you get sick :)
Now, you just die while waiting years for a specialist instead.
@@Daniel-Goodfeather sadly true ^^ - but at least you can afford one :)
@@Daniel-Goodfeather We just die without seeing a specialist because we can't afford it. Everything seems to suck for everyone.
@theliosewell896 yeah. There's no perfect system.
I'm Canadian, and Canada offers sub-par healthcare to everyone, as long as you can wait for it. America offers premium healthcare, but only to those who have the means to access it.
I'm sure there's some sort of hybrid system that could be implemented that would blunt the negatives of all, but to my knowledge, no country has been truly successful at that yet.
@@Daniel-Goodfeather In the US, premium is only offered to those that can afford it. Without insurance you get nothing not even subpar 😬
In Croatia, you would have nothing. Try living with a salary of 1000 euro, rent of 550 euro (minimum), food 100 euro
If you are alone, then 100 euros is OK for food, otherwise a large part of families of 4 have 1000 € and a lot more expenses
@@blazenkatkalcevic6374 trust me. That's even less what I said. 😅😭 Me and my boyfriend buy only necessary groceries and every week, we spend at least 50 euros. Inflation is killing us
Thank HDZ for that as its objectively much worse In Croatia then Germany
@squeekyclean1644Jesteście niewolnikami swojego systemu
Why don't people just charge per anum for houses though?
That's what happens in Nigeria and it's a lot easier cos you don't have to worry about it for a while.
Not to mention the 19% VAT (or 7% for some foodstuffs) and hundreds of additional taxes that are charged on individual goods and services. Depending on your standard of living, around 70% of the money you earn goes to the state for taxes and social security contributions.
Guys… in Italy the state gets about 70% of all that is yours in a year. And services sucks, and salaries are far lower than Germany. Try here, you will go back in Germany in 5 minutes
Try in UK, you will go back to Italy in 4 minutes
Do a skit living in the USA!!!! And compare!! 😉🤣 You back in Berlin???
Actually only 9% for health insurance, the employer pays the other 9%
yeah, but that's just the governments way of hiding the actual amount for the insurance paid so people won't be as pissed, the employer could have paid you that money in extra salary
@@RadicalLiving lol, the employer sure 'could' do that. But they will not.
@@RadicalLiving You would have to be delusional to think, the employer would Just pay you that 9%-share more 🤦
@@genesfel plus i'm a freelancer, so nobody pays the other half for me 😆😭
@@RadicalLiving with taxes the roads, schools, everything you use, interact and profit from is payed. you dont get crippling medical bills, you get a pension(that could be higher but people tend to vote against their benefit, they should vote progressive) overall the goverment pays more for the average person in Germany than they get in their lifetime from them.
That "eh eh" was the most German thing 😂
That sounds great. Much better than canada where we work all day leave work and go to work go to bed to go to our 2-3 jobs and still cant afford a thing
😂😂 Don't forget the "Steuerzahlergedenktag" der dieses Jahr Mitte Juli ist. Ab diesem Tag arbeiten wir nur für uns und nicht mehr für den Staat.😂😂 Good topic! YOU made my day❣✌
Und du profitierst so gar nicht von dem, was der Staat mit den Steuern bezahlt?
@@jostein219 Nein, von Steuerverschwendungen durch den Staat profitiert niemand hier in DE ! Informier dich mal beim Steuerzahlerbund!
This is so relatable.. Keep working cof governments
Germany salary sucks, like example in Germany you getting 1300€ after taxes in Netherlands 2000€ after taxes, that's why so many germans living in Germany but working in Netherlands
If you get so few, you should look for another job...I started with 1900€ after taxes on my first job in germany...
@@Ikller-xh7qq I'm getting 2800€ after taxes in Netherlands
And living in the Netherlands is also far more expensive so under the line it´s about the same.
How can you get 1300€ iff minimum wage is 10€ netto per hour
Iff you work 40 hours a week that is 1600€
And that is bare minimum
Maybe you are not registered at full work time
Me with 2 kids work 200 hours a month at 12€ netto
I get 2400 netto salary and 250 € per kid pay
So i get 2900€ netto payed on my account and i cant say that i worked my ass off from wotk 😂
@@josipperemin6621 taxes in Germany over 40%, probably you not living in Germany?
First day of cancer in the USA: well that's me gone
pro tip - do your taxes. yes fill out the form and do your taxes. if you are employed, you almost always get a few thousand euros back
I love Germans. They are for the most part hard working and honest people. Extremely well organised.Things made in Germany have quality. Be proud to be German❤
The taxes are not too high, the salary is too low
Well, there was this one politician in Germany back in the late 30's and early 40's who made sure the trains were on time
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wasn't he a painter from Austria?
And after he finished his job the sun was shining into the cellars of the houses (literally).
Lol😂 Yeah he was @@lexluthor8783
Wrong guy, it was the Italian politician who did that.
juuuuuuuup only 40-50 years for the average bloke to afford a average house, what a nice place to live
Not really, it would be an eternity if you consider that every 20 years the euro loses 50% of its value.
If you wanted to buy a house for €500,000, when you have saved €500,000 in 50 years, with an inflation of 3.5%, the house would appreciate to €2,968,000.
Although if you know how to invest and have the capacity to save at least €200-300 per month, in 30 years you could buy a good house. For example, by making a fairly conservative investment in the SP500, earning €250 per month for 30 years, you could buy a home for €500,000.
It’s everywhere like that now. Maybe only in some wild places where tribes can make their own homes from clay 😅 cos warm weather
Germany has higher real wages than most of the world including the US.
That's crazy 😩 I've heard about people being unable to afford houses in Canada but I didn't know it was like that in Europe as well. I'm South African 🇿🇦 I only started working 2 and a half years ago but I already bought myself a 3 bedroom house in a middle class suburb in February this year.
@@khanyi_zulu Mama Mashilo didn't call her son "Speedy" for nothing...
"Ok on I go" yup, that about summarizes it. The struggle is real.
As a good man once said "my father was a communist.... Until he got his first pay slip-"
First child: emergency c-section, 3 days stay in hospital, medication for two weeks, first two baby check-ups; costs: 15€ for parking ticket + 30€ tip for nurses (voluntarily) + 2,50€ chocolate ice lolly on the way home.
Second child: arrived at 11 pm, normal, unmedicated, easy birth, went home at 4 am after first baby check-up; costs: 0€, since parking is free over night + 10€ tip + 3,50€ for a cup of cappuccino on the way home.
Third child: medical emergency during birth, had to stay with baby at the paediatric icu for 4 days, 3 days on the maternity ward, dismissed home on day 7, medication for 2 weeks, first two regular and plenty of additional baby check-ups;
costs: 35€ parking tickets + 30€ tips + 50 € for pizza, flowers and candy for the nurses and doctors + 1,50€ popsicle on the way home.
German healthcare alone is worth every damn cent they take out of my check. 🥰
Why do U tip your nurses ? Are U obligated or are you doing it voluntary
@@NthQldGirl No, in Germany there is absolutely no obligation to tip anybody anywhere anything. Not even in restaurants. The bill says 24,99 you are absolutely free to pay 24,99 and leave. But most Germans tip at restaurants anyway, 10% is a common tip, or at least we round up. And there are lots of kind-hearted Germans, who leave a small tip at hospitals when they are discharged (some let their relatives bring flowers, snacks and coffee for the nurses and doctors who treated them, some give some money) and who tip service workers in general.
A common thing in Germany is people asking "Haben Sie eine Kaffeekasse?" (=do you have a coffee fund / kitty /tip jar?), and when they say "yes" they hand them some cash with a nod and a wink.
The only place I have encountered, that doesn't allow their service workers to accept tips is in German IKEA restaurants.
Cost of being paid 1/3 of Americans for 20 years: $2 million.
@@NthQldGirlshe wrote „voluntarily”
@@pabloevuu5232 ok I didn't see that😂
This is the most accurate video I have ever seen. I work as a developer and earn around $100,000 a year. However, after paying my rent, car expenses, and child support for my two kids, I have nothing left. I’m just waiting to get my German passport so I can move to another European country. Also, German trains are terrible: they’re dirty, smelly, the air conditioning often doesn’t work, and they’re always late.
For the uninitiated....Germans have insurance for EVERYTHING!!!
They even have insurance..for other insurance!!!!🤣🤣🤣
And in spite of the moniker of good german engineering.......german trains are........notoriously NOT ON TIME!!!!!!!
I was pampered from Japanese Shinkasen/train/metro/rail system🥲🥲🥲🥲
Luckily, I ❤ my german direct boss...he was a sweetheart!!! He ate some food that made for an office welcome potluck for all the international staff...and he said my food was..edible😂😂😂
I’m an American and I can’t complain. I have good benefits/insurance, good salary and healthy bonuses. Good jobs are out there. You usually have to shoot beneath your skill set for your first job and work your way into the desired career of your choosing.
This is why the most of the Population in Germany are unhappy and bad! Your Video explain the Problem 💔
Still prefer all of it to the US.
He gets a month long paid vacation every year in Germany . I haven’t taken an unpaid two week vacation since my honeymoon in 2011 here in the US.
@@1MeanBean eeeesh
Aber dafür gesetzlichen Urlaubsanspruch(in den USA nur sehr gering ausgepragt, Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall, Zugang zum Gesundheitswesen, auch bei Arbeitslosigkeit und ein soziales Netz, welches im Notfall einspringt.
I work start at 6:00! typical Germany😅
Compared to USA Germany is a paradise
well only if you have an old rent contract
You know, RUclips shorts made me refuse from any thoughts about living in Germany
@@lextor4712 How many rich people are there in america compared to the population? and how many poor people compared to that same middle/working class population? Considering most of europe isn’t dealing with massive homelessness issues, and most people live comfortably in the middle. I’d say it’s much more preferable than rich people who lobby the government to keep others down.
but you'll never be RICH by just working in a single office job. you know that, right? but in Germany, you work in an office job and have your medical expenses paid by your insurance and taxes. all people need to double their efforts to double their income, no matter where you are. I say Germany is better than our corrupt country (I'm from Asia)
This channel seems to have a lib bias, all about how big the taxes are, when in US you'd just have to use that left-over money, and likely more, to pay for private versions of what Germany provides you just for taxes.
Except with those private versions you have to deal with private market that is optimized to scam you.
@@PlattyGems that is interesting. So german taxes aren't that big as it seems?
@@sirok_egolite The taxes are high, but those taxes pay for lots of stuff that you'd need to pay for yourself in the US. For a lot of people that I've heard from who have worked in both countries they have more money left at the end of the month in Germany than in the US, even if they have a comparable wage. In the US you just need to pay so much money for so much stuff that you don't need to pay for in Germany/is way cheaper in Germany. E.g. in Germany university costs almost nothing, childcare is so so much cheaper than in the US, healthcare is much cheaper in Germany, groceries are much cheaper from what I've heard (especially healthy foods seem to be more affordable in Germany), and so on.
Refugees:
"Wow I haven't worked any single day and look at all of this money I have 🤑🤑🤑"
2 years here, still better than taxes+ insecurity in Brazil.
Taxes in Brazil are higher?
@@MusicIsland_1 taxes in Brazil are as follows:
1. On wage, you start paying 7.5% once you earn 380€ or more per month, once you reach 800€ monthly it's 27.5%
2. On goods (this one is where it's a huge mess) but for example, a vehicle which costs 20k USD in USA, same vehicle is 37K USD in Brazil.
3. Utilities such as electricity *also* have specific taxes on them.
4. There also part of your salary which isn't paid to you but to the government and you can only use in specific situations.
But in essence, the poor people pay more and sooner and the 27.5 is low only for the rich who can then have access to goods and find way to pay less taxes on them
Youll thank those insurance once you need them
Unrealistic you forget the half of the pay slip that is taken away in taxes
Only if you earn more than 62k per year. Below that your taxes are between 14-24%
Goal is still to have as many people healthy and educated enough to be productive members of the economy and not rely on state substitutes. Funny enough US spends around 30% gdp on social while Germany only spends 25% gdp.
And yet we have state pension, free health care, free university education, free kindergarden, affordable and available public transport
He doesn't show the mandated vacation weeks. Free sick days, short workdays and other such meaningless life conditions.
Thats bs
Now calculate what you would have to pay for every doctor's visit. Sick day education, transportation and anything everything else. I did that in the nineties, and out of pocket costs a hell of a lot more in the u s a
Paying 420 out of 2200 euros for living and working in one of the best countries in the entire world is more than fine. Public health and education is actually really good in Germany
Unless you live in places like Berlin or Munich, cause with that salary you better get yourself a cardboard box to live in. Over the last few years the rent has skyrocketed to crazy amounts, the salaries not so much.