• Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    I’m doing my part fleeing to Sweden, granted I’m a programmer and game dev so not a scientist. I’m done letting the US profit off my skills though

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      5 days ago

      Don’t forget to get rid of your US citizenship or they’ll still profit off your work.

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        4 days ago

        i thought it was just that if the country you’re in taxed you less than what the US would, then you have to pay the difference to the IRS?

        … and there’s no way in hell the US taxes less than sweden (and for anyone that hasn’t had an ice pick lobotomy that’s a good thing)

        *edit: foreign tax credit

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          4 days ago

          That’s correct. You’d have to be earning way, WAY over the average Swedish salary before you start owing the IRS anything. That said, I wouldn’t put it past Trump to remove the foreign earned income exclusion to coerce people into moving back to the US as part of the ”trade war” nonsense.

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      5 days ago

      I assume you’re taking a big hit salary-wise (a trade-off I would make, for the record).

      • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Cost of living. You earn a lot less in Europe/ UK, but you pay far less to have a basic standard of living, and enjoy the safety net.

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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        5 days ago

        Well I’m going back to school there first to get an actual degree. After that though yeah I’m expecting to make around 1/3 what I am currently, between switching countries and going from automation engineering to level design. I think it’ll be a worthwhile trade-off too

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          5 days ago

          If you take into account all the things you don’t have to pay, that salary is not that low