Compare life of a Burger King employee in Denmark and the USA:

[applegrove]

Meanwhile,at Burger King,it's
Mostly RepubliKKKans and CEO'S
Stopping Americans from achieving pay equity with our
EU Brothers and Sisters......

— M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) 2025-07-24T07:34:38.229Z

[Jeebo]

1. What does "lufe" mean?

Is that a Danish word?

— Ron

[applegrove]

2. LOL!

[Jeebo]

3. I'm serious, I have no idea what that means.

What does "lufe of a Burger King employee in Denmark" mean?

— Ron

[applegrove]

4. I corrected it to "life". But "lufe" does sound kinda Norse.

[H2O Man]

11. Derived from the

Latin "lupus" or wolf. Usually a male name, though there are females with it. But new "definitions" are in current use.

[SocialDemocrat61]

5. I think it's a special sponge

people use to remove dead skin 😉

[littlemissmartypants]

16. It's not

What we call people who are bad conversationalists, who always have their eyes half closed, no smiles walking with their noses in the air looking like they just caught a whiff of something odious?

😉

[Greg_In_SF]

6. That American worker

is paying 12% in income taxes. The Danish worker pays about three times that much, so the American worker has more take home pay.

[mjvpi]

7. Demark has universal health care. The person making your whopper in Denmark is probably not ill.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. we cant have that here . that is " sociallist" their fav buzz words.

[DFW]

21. Sure, you can have that in the USA

You just have to be willing to pay for it. If the Danes are, and Americans are not, well guess who gets it?

[mjvpi]

26. The US pays the most per capita health care cost in the world. We pay probably twice what Denmark pays.

This has been Bernie’s point for years. Then compare outcomes. The US ranks low

[DFW]

35. If the money paid doesn't buy the health care, it doesn't help

If it has to pass through ten for-profit agencies prior to paying for the health care, obviously the end user gets hit for a fortune. There are too many versions of John Grisham’s “Great Benefit” out there. But we can’t have a purely government-run agency of disinterested government bureaucrats running it, either. If we have that, we get a version like where a Swedish friend told me, “man måste vara nästan död för att komma i sjukhuset.” You have to be pretty much dead before you get admitted to a hostpital.

[mjvpi]

39. I agree with your first point. I have trouble when I hear of first world, functioning democracies that have such awful....

……..universal heath care. Why don’t they vote to change it? If you have money, or have the same kind of coverage as our Congress critters, we may have the best health care in the world. But as a country, our health outcomes are a ways from the top.

[Figarosmom]

9. Burger King should be embarrassed 😳

And ashamed.

[pansypoo53219]

10. i have been to denmark twice. it was awesome. i didn't hear a siren for days. happy people.

[Gimpyknee]

12. The current personal income tax rate in Denmark is 55.9%

It has been as high as 65.9%. Denmark routinely ranks among the top five highest taxed countries in Europe.

[applegrove]

13. What is the rate at the lower end of income?

[thatdemguy]

34. they pay more than one tax

Federal at the low end is 12%
then local tax is 25%
the a labor tax ( what ever that is ) 8%

So even the lowest workers pay 45%, the highest is 52%. But the labor tax is added on to that.

A few years ago I saw a video on this exact thing ( burger king ), and averaging out the cost of living the american worker did a little better income wise. Benefit wise the Danish employee did a little better, but the taxes they paid is what gave them the vacation and extra stuff. So in the video they said it really was a wash, both workers ended up about the same standards of living and ability to pay for things.

https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/denmark/individual/taxes-on-personal-income

[et tu]

14. bot much? nt

[Callie1979]

31. The number is correct; why attack the poster?

[Maru Kitteh]

15. Something's gimpy.

I don’t think it’s your knee.

[Gimpyknee]

19. During two years of work in Copenhagen

I was taxed at a 15% national rate, and a 25% municipal rate on an income of $90,00 USD. I also was charged a VAT tax of 25% on nearly every purchase I made. I can tell you that Big Mac cost about $11 USD.

[Callie1979]

32. Were you happy living there?

[Gimpyknee]

37. I was happy to leave.

The Danes are a close-knit people. While they are respective they are only social to life long friends for the most part. The cost of living in Copenhagen is very high. November through March are dark and dreadful months.

[Hugin]

33. Now, tell us what services you received for those taxes?

In the US it's watching some Retrumplican jet off to play a round of golf.

[Gimpyknee]

36. I didn't receive any services.

I was healthy so I never had to partake of their healthcare services.

[Hugin]

38. Presumably you used their roads and other infrastructure.

Taxes aren’t only spent on healthcare.

[leftstreet]

18. Sounds like a decent return for people

Healthcare, pensions...

[Oneironaut]

24. Perfect! They understand that society needs to be paid for and maintained.

That includes taking care of everyone. They don’t have a “rugged individualism” fantasy ruining their entire society like the US does.

America is full of sick people who all hate each other and can go bankrupt any time, as well as a few billionaires who have hoarded 99.9% of the wealth.

I think Denmark should be our inspiration.

[mjvpi]

27. Look it up for yourself. What country pays the most per capita health care cost?

Then look up outcomes.

[rickyhall]

20. I remember when they lied and said the US had the highest wages in the world.

[Torchlight]

22. Not bad... after federal taxes of 12% , he'll make the equivalent of about $30,000 US/year.

That's gonna crack a few eggs.(taxes taken by the Danish income tax rate in 2025 would be within the bottom state tax bracket of approximately 12.01%)

[applegrove]

25. Thanks.

[Lurker Deluxe]

29. For the state, then Municipal and Regional have to be tallied as well. Closer to 50%

In 2025, the Danish income tax system consists of several components, including municipal, regional, and state taxes.

Tax Rates Overview:

Municipal Tax: Varies by municipality, typically around 24-27%.
Regional Tax: Approximately 13%.
State Tax:
Bottom bracket: 12.16% on income exceeding a certain threshold.
Top bracket: 15% on income above a higher threshold.

[Passages]

23. American theft.

[Ping Tung]

28. "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” John Steinbeck

― John Steinbeck

[Initech]

30. That's because in the US we have megalomaniacal billionaires stealing our money every day.