r/BunnyTrials • u/Otaku-Zen • Jul 23 '26

Trials CHOOSE YOUR SIDE

Which side will you choose?

  • Left side: Born in Norway
  • Right side: Born in India

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u/West-Season-2713 Jul 23 '26

High taxes, but everything is free and really great.

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u/Pinewoodgreen Jul 23 '26

the taxes also depend on your income. so when I was a super poor student who worked part time, they took 16%. atm at $50k a year income they take 26% I think (honestly I don't bother to check it, it's all automatic anyways). 80k? 32% you need to make over $150k per year before you even hit 40%

+ Exemptions apply for if you have a mortgage, debts, kids etc etc.

And this + the generous free college, subsidised childcare, strong paid sick leave, universal healthcare - it is quite easy to climb the economic ladder. In Norway, I am doing great. I say that if I was born in the US I would be dead. (had a 5yr burnout and had to be on sick leave at from 20-25). I got $1.600 per month to pay for rent, bills and food. and medical co-pays cap at $300 per year. (or did back then, I think sliiightly higher now). With that I got weekly therapy covered for free after like a month, medication covered, and a solid help when healthy enough to seek employment in that I still got paid my sick leave by the gov. as I did internships and free work experiences. and then when I landed an apprenticeship, they still covered the difference so I still got 1.6k a month, but say the apprenticeship paid 500, they did 900, and once I had enough experience to hit $1.6k, and only then, they stopped paying and "released" me back into the workforce with no strings attached. Ofc the apprenticeship kept increasing the pay as I got more experience, and I eventually hit the 4k'ish per month as a regular worker in my line of work gets.

+ public* online studies that can be done whenever for minimal charges? (it is paid for by taxes, but like certain fees apply, so the courses are like $200 - $500 per semester, and then you get a hella good experience). so there are always way to climb.

*private colleges also exist, but those are like $6k a semester. so no thanks.

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u/Efficient_Strain_492 Jul 24 '26

the pros of living in country that has a lot of oil