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Originally Posted by emai7s2
Taxes. Blame your own governments. Most of Europe charges a VAT of about 20%, whereas online shopping in the US is (still) largely tax free. Generous child-support payments, early retirement, universal access to high-quality health care and tuition-free universities, etc., all have to be paid for somehow. Gasoline prices in Europe are about 4 times higher than in the US for the same reason. Everything has its trade-offs.
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well, the income tax is pretty high (increases gradually with the amount of income) and I'm ok with that because I know that it supports the things you mentioned. With products, I'm a bit picky because I already pay high income tax.