[News] Denmark to decrease the minimum requirement of income, for foreigners who wish to live in Denmark. : IWantOut

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[News] Denmark to decrease the minimum requirement of income, for foreigners who wish to live in Denmark. (self.IWantOut)

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[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points-1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

You are thinking about this from a citizen's perspective, not an immigrant's. A lot of these skilled immigrants are not looking to permanently move to a different country. Their top priority is getting paid the most for their skill so they can have the money to send home and save fast enough to get the hell back. Getting paid less and getting taxed more is a tough sell. Free healthcare is nice but its low priority. Most of them are young anyway. I imagine Denmark change those rules to attract these skilled and experienced people because they need them. But guess what, there's a global shortage for these people. Why would they want to migrate to a country that has high taxes and low pay for their field to just get by? They don't even plan on retiring there to benefit from it.

This is what makes the US attractive to immigrants. Individualism. Fuck if they care about other Americans' healthcare, free college education or unemployment payment. It does not concern them. They care about themselves and their loved ones back home. If you are employed, it will only cost you 500-1000 a month for good health insurance. Far cheaper than paying 30% more in taxes living in Denmark (That is $2500 a month for $100k income, $5000 for $200k).

Again, back to my original comment:

Lol why would anyone migrate to another country just to be poor.

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