Hey,
Insurance and other sectors bullshit on me, in Finland. Vacuum cleaner 60 euros and washing machine 300 euros+inculde shipping! The most expensive places to buy. I don't get anything on that. That`s why im planning my own business, you don't need more than pay taxes and forget that bureaucracy and democracy bullshit.
Oh and what is the average wage over there? Or what a construction worker or the like would earn in a month?
In richer countries, everything tends to be more expensive, but people ALSO earn far more. If you start measuring in, the % of your salary the thing costs, you will get a different perspective.
I will try to refrain from using my country (or the rest of "3rd world"), because it would screw everything, so lets focus in your nice "1st world" countries. Just how many months of work would you need to buy, say, a car?
Is importing from a cheap place like China not possible? Does your country impose protectionist practices such as import tax? But then again, do you get your State providing you "free stuff" such as Education, Health care and security?
Did you know, that countries like yours (Ie. Scandinavia) are THE MODEL everyone in the poor countries aspire to, but give up as an impossible far fetched dream? (i don't agree but that's what the politicians around here project). Often when you challenge a Socialist, they will bring one of the Scandinavian countries as example. OH and things like the best education figures coming from there doesn't exactly help either
To us, its like you live in Utopia and you complain because things are much too nice, you want to suffer some more. We call it "1st world problems". Solution is easy: Move into another country. You can do it, you are welcome everywhere. We are not welcome there, people from poor countries have serious obstacles for legally entering "the nice" countries, which is why you always see illegal immigration.
If you execute your idea, you are doing exactly what in free market you are supposed to do. You found an opportunity, and are going to exploit it. Over here, the State would prevent it, thus our economies remain in perma-ruin.
