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In Europe we manage to pay fast food workers pretty well, including 5 weeks of paid vacation. Minor part timers earn a bit less but still good. And people can still afford burgers.

Fast food places have to compete with strong unions jobs like grocery stores as well.



Unfortunately Europe has stagnant growth and facing population collapse.

Of course you can offer an easy life when you are burning reserves and ignoring the future.


> Unfortunately Europe has stagnant growth and facing population collapse.

Unfortunately our US counterparts think "growth" means getting obese and dying younger than us:

- https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ (48-th place in longevity, not bad, almost as good as Albania, one of the poorest and least developed countries in Europe that's not even in the European Union)

And being much much unhappier than us: https://data.worldhappiness.report/table (24-th place, not bad for people so invested in being #1).

I think where the US does shine is in obesity ratings, that's where we see the real meaning of "growth": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_r...

> Of course you can offer an easy life when you are burning reserves and ignoring the future.

You mean burning calories and looking forward to pension age? The first one Americans need more of, and the second one, sadly, not many Americans live to see.


You're right, we should let the rich get richer.




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