I guess you have no idea about other countries tax system :'(
13% flipping tax ? In europe it's 18-25%
20% income tax? In most eu countries 20% is average, but in denmark it's 36–60% (sic!) (i could never understand progresive tax... the harder you work, bigger percentage you have to give away <_<)
high living expenses? In canada minimum wage is ~10CAD/h. 1 litre of gas costs 1.2-1.5CAD. That means you can buy 8 litres of gasoline for one hour of work. In poland minimum wage is about 2,7 USD/h and 1 litre of gas costs 1,9$. do the math....
Another example...
You have no idea how hard is to get citrzenship in 1st world country if you live in eastern europe or asia. Mother of my friend married a guy who was born in australia and after they both lost a job they moved there - she got citrzenship as his spouse. Then they wanted to bring over my friend, since she had only low paying job here, but immigration service refused to give her citrzenship, since her husband has big family, and once they grant it to her, they'll have to grant it to him, and then most likely have to grant it to his family ( or sth like that - it was really confusing when my friend tried to explain it to me)
No I have no idea about how other countries tax system works. I only used ours as an example of cost of living.
I don't care if people earn money online. I don't agree with doing it through uploading, but that's your choice.
You do not have to be a citizen (in Canada) to work or get support. This may be different for other countries. It would be hard at first, so you would need to bring money to pay for a cheap hotel while you do the applications to get on your feet.