>Shit wages
>40% income tax
>High youth unemployment
>Numerous countries are sinking deeper into debt
>((Refugees)) migrating there to take advantage of entitlements
>Welfare states like France will collapse once the older generation compltelty retires
>Eastern Europe cannot survive without EU gibs
At what point will Europe finally hit rock bottom?
40%
Yes because all of EU is one country.
>still the best continent to live on
is rest of the world even trying?
>40% income tax
that's an underestimation
>40% income tax
Yeah no honey. there are different tax brakes depending on your income.
If we would turn the hole world into one super efficient sweatshop, imagine how productive we could be! let alone the cost savings when everyone sleeps in boxes inbetween their shifts
>only 40% income tax
Where in Europe is this Paradise you speak of? Where? WHERE??!
40%? Haha, I'm making a lot and I pay 50%. It's all a fucking joke, the Socialists steal everything to feed the invading horde.
You'd think as a top 1%-ter in terms of income you'd live the high life here, but I live in a substandard flat and save money to move in the next years to a middle class house hopefully.
OP Didn't even cover national sales taxes/VAT's or local taxes.
We are all basically slaves with these taxes. With VAT 70%. No fucking wonder no one can afford the life our ancestors had in the 50ties and 60ties.
They didn't pay nearly as much in taxes.
This shit wont stop until everything collapses.
It's like a little slice of Africa right in your own hometown.
still ppl believe the fairy tales of a good economy
politico.eu
Here's the archive
unvis.it
>>still the best continent to live on
This might be true but I'm getting mad from the bureaucracy.
And for how long? Because it's clear that we're slowly spiraling down if we keep going on recklessly like this.
It's your own fault for working, user.
If you add up all the taxes, if you are an employee, in most EU countries the state take way over 50% of the value you create.
Let me tell you. Go on to the EU official website and look at their strategic plan. The EU is going to start setting the income tax rates across Europe not the governments. In the same document is the outline of the proposed EU army. The final point is the full political integration of the EU states and reduction of devolved powers of nation state parliaments. This is not a secret the EU have published this on their website. A lot of people saw this in the UK but I don't think some people in Europe realise...there will be no Spain, no Greece, no Belgium. This is when it is going to kick off but unfortunately with the EU army and EU Gendarmarie in place it may be too late or at least a bloodbath.
We could survive perfectly fine without EU gibs. The gibs are retarded system that hurts even the "net receivers" because it distorts the markets and its administrative costs are astronomical.
And then there is the land of the Swiss. But we're full so fuck off.
t. 56%
Strange that Germany and it's economy is as strong as NEVER before. And it's still growing. Life isn't any better anywhere else. Even though we have a problem with refugees. The number of muslims in Germany is still bellow 2%.
Western Europe is really, really good.
But it could be great, so I'm not exactly saying we've been running at peak efficiency. In the future things will go to shit but it'll maintain, I think foreigners will get jobs in decent amounts.
In general it's better than the USA but when looking at individuals depends so much what places we're talking about and what kind of person we're dealing with.