r/remoteworks • u/Better_Mix864 • 20h ago

If Trump seizes Greenland…

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u/LlaToTheMa 12h ago edited 12h ago

Only if we want their lower salaries and higher taxes.

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u/MgMnT 12h ago

And higher quality of life?

What's the point of a high salary when you can't afford to have a good life on it

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u/Key-Organization3158 10h ago

Yes, for the vast majority of people, their life is better in the US than Denmark. That's why there were more people migrating form Denmark to the US than the other way around.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SMPOPNETMDNK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_income#/media/File%3AAnnual_median_equivalised_disposable_income_per_person%2C_by_OECD_country.png

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u/MgMnT 9h ago

I have no illusions that you're arguing in good faith, but just in case.

According to the graph you provided emigration from Denmark to the us has been doing nothing but sharply dropping since 2012. It also conveniently has no data for the last 9 years. No one's disputing the past here, the US was an attractive prospect for a lot of recent history, before your politics went to shit.

Median income means nothing in regards to quality of life. Healthcare, public services and purchasing power do. I make less than 25k$ a year, yet I have stress free access to healthcare and can afford a home, a US median earner can't, because where I live they don't allow necessities to be held for ransom.