Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
Because they're not interested in paying 57% income tax and a 24% sales tax. Reality is you need two incomes there just to survive because you are donating half your household income to the government.
Very true, but we pay 42% plus 10% GST plus land tax, Stamp duty etc, so it's still pretty high, and we don't have the world class education system they have amongst other things they do well. It would be a good study to see the relative cost of living Finland v AUS, but maybe that is for a different thread.