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One factor, in Europe a company’s expenses and taxes for you are higher paying into the social welfare system - which you do benefit from, so it works out. That US worker doesn’t have as good of public transportation system, healthcare insurance, and so on and need to make up for it.
What do we get from the welfare system? Healthcare is great but its not much more than that I get. I wouldnt mind paying for education if that means Ill get more money for the next 30 years of my life. While I get unemployment its actually because I pay for an insursnce for it. I contribute to a private pension as I cant rely on the public one. Theres a lot of benefits of which I get nothing because I have a “high” paying job. So again I fail to see what this welfare system brings to me. It seems I am just paying for everyone else (other than again healthcare).
You get healthcare, always. Not just when you have a job. You get security around your job, so your employer can't just go "lol, you're fired, stfu". You get "theoretically" enough money to live when you do get fired.
And you get that, regardless of your employment status. Everybody, from students, to fast food workers, to the nice rich software developers. Sure, you NEED it less if you're a software developer, I almost certainly pay more in taxes than I get in tax-related value. But it also means that if my arms fall off one day, I'll still be living in a country that will ensure I'm relatively healthy, homed, and fed.
Co-operation is why humans are so successful. If everybody was only ever out for themselves, we'd still all be scrabbling around in caves looking for food. Helping 100 people get educated so 50 of them can be useful members of society is still better than having 10 of them get supported through their parents, and letting the other 90 fail.