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66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work

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137 points pg_1234 | 3 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.438s | source
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unmole ◴[26 Aug 23 09:35 UTC] No.37271099[source]▶
Did the survey ask if they wanted a pay cut to match European style wages?
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1. NavinF ◴[26 Aug 23 09:38 UTC] No.37271111[source]▶
I suspect the survey results will change drastically if each person was shown this table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_c...
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2. defrost ◴[26 Aug 23 09:45 UTC] No.37271156[source]▶
The US might have higher disposable income but there are less benefits to go with that.

I'll stick with the health care, education, paid vacation and sick leave, lower crime rates, lower incarceration rates, zero school shootings, etc.

3. andrelaszlo ◴[26 Aug 23 10:03 UTC] No.37271285[source]▶
The difference is much smaller if you look at the median disposable income instead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per...

The big skewness (difference between the mean and the median) suggests that a lot of wealth is concentrated at the top and that many people are in fact worse off than Europeans.