On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Justin Mason wrote:
> fwiw, comparing US salaries with IE salaries isn't a simple 1:1
> match; costs vary for other aspects of life (healthcare, tax, cost
> of living, rent, etc.) to make them less comparable.
Our tax here seems to be /lower/ (minutely) than in some places in US
(eg Georgia). Apparently Ireland has lowest effective tax rate in EU.
Yay :).
> Healthcare in particular is a killer in the US.
That seems to be quite true. You don't want to get sick in US.
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