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I assume that’s a product of house price inflation. Or because you count mandatory retirement savings. If you did the same calculation in France for NPV of pension you would probably get a similar or better result

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USA gdp per capita $70k

France gdp per capita $43k

Ok but correct for taxes subtract healthcare, add npv of pensions, dental and child care. I think you would end up much closer maybe even ahead for France. Also mean per capital lies because you have to average in besos and musk. Median is a better metric

Having rich neighbors is great, gdp per Capita seems to be a nice measure.

If you don't make a lot of money in USA you pay basically no taxes... cars are cheap (or were)...

Big problem is govt being terrible with money and overbudensome with regulations, which reduces supply. Think about how many more doctors/specialists we'd have if systems weren't purposefully setup to be ridiculous.

Look into what residency takes. Not everyone has to be an amazing incredible 80hr week doctor. We could easily double supply of doctors...

The American Medical Association restricts med student slots. You could say it’s government but it’s regulatory capture rather than government regulation. Remove Citizen’s United, close the revolving door, and fund congressional research offices so that legislators don’t have to depend on lobbyists for research and writing legislation.

Yeah I did say "systems in the way" ie AMA requiring you to speak English

I say allow all of this money in politics, you literally cannot stop it. Restrict power instead, it seems obvious..

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