One of the big problems though is that other countries subsidize education to a large extent. The retraining you need to get in the states costs a hell of alot more than it would say, for a Canadian, a European or any other country where higher education is partly funded through taxes.
On the other hand americans pay less taxes than most other western nation - but I would think the difference is pretty much eaten up by higher education costs, higher medical care costs, so on and so forth...
Overall, I think American workers are at a fairly important disadvantage.
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One of the big problems though is that other countries subsidize education to a large extent. The retraining you need to get in the states costs a hell of alot more than it would say, for a Canadian, a European or any other country where higher education is partly funded through taxes.
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On the other hand americans pay less taxes than most other western nation - but I would think the difference is pretty much eaten up by higher education costs, higher medical care costs, so on and so forth
Overall, I think American workers are at a fairly important disadvantage.
- Yves