I am staying a bit "off topic" for a moment!
I believe you egt, but wich country has it perfect! I lived in Belgium and now in France. I thought that Belgian taxes were way to high, they are btw.
In France, prices of goods are much higher, taxes are higher and incomes much lower then in Belgium. I have became a poorer man to come here and as a foreigner I made such a good investements that I am starting to get in trouble now....
But, you can discuss so much as you want wich system is the best! Although I lost a lot money coming here, I did not forget why I chose to come here and not Thailand, or stay in Belgium (so this is not so off topic after all!).
I am away of the traffic-jams, pollution (my youngest daughter had a lot of problem from the dirt of the industry regarding her longs), the greyness of Belgium/bad weather.
A lot of Westernes, the one with enough brains or money, have freedom to make choises, like nobody in the world!
Every person should decide where he think he can find his "happyness" .
Living in Thailand as a Thai is nice because they got a very good attitude. But if something serious happens to you, I think you are well more protected over here! And as you are living in Thailand right now, you should be the first to know that LOCALS live wit an average of 4.000 Bath /month. And NO social security!
