I'd rather have lower income tax and higher property or sales taxes.
LOL depends what you do,I was always in small business so I always had small income to show and my kids went to pvt schools(OK that was my choice) but when now I am all done with businesses why am I paying high property taxes for those immigrant kids schooling who cost over 35k a year just in school.
I will get 3 figure SS thats it and no retirement funds,all I depend on now is on my investments.I never cared about SS or any retirement fund.
It all depends what you do in life,if you work retirement funds and SS is mostly the source of a limited income and its the opposite for business owners.
I thought German pensions were high
What I see in Poland lots of German seniors are put in senior homes in Poland as they cant afford to live in Germany.Even lots of Polish retirees come back to live retirement in Poland as there 2/3 grand gets them very far than in the US.