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		martinald on Oct 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving t... This isn't as true as you think it is. Social security is often a lot, lot better in the US than Europe. Take the UK: UK unemployment 'benefits' are around $100/week regardless of previous salary (so low compared to housing costs in many areas that it is almost pointless). US state unemployment benefits tend to be a lot higher than that. UK pensions are low - around $10,000/yr, again regardless of salary. US Social Security pensions are vastly higher.

_skel on Oct 22, 2020 [–]

However, the UK government will give pensioners somewhere to live, for free. In the US they can become homeless if they do not have family to rely on.

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