>>510026468
>i do wonder how the fuck they can afford all this junk.
Avg US salary: $60,000
Avg Portugal salary: $25,500
Avg US tax on $60,000: ~$8,200
Avg Portugal tax on $25,500: ~$4,250
US sales tax: 0-7%
Portugal sales tax: 23%

The average American earner takes home $51,800 of pay and pays 0-7% tax on fun stuff he buys after paying bills
The average Portuguese earner takes home $17,300 of pay and pays 23% tax on fun stuff he buys after paying bills

The key is not to live somewhere the government keeps you and everyone else poor through crushing taxation