socialist trap

[Pekka]

Az, were you born yesterday? my mom makes 50% of her minimum salary. This woud be in States.

Happens ALL the time. But even in the best case scenario if I pointed out the worst, she'd be still making few hundred more. Whopee. It even doesn't make a real difference.

And hells yeah it's possible to make 1500E. 1600E is union recommendation for starting salary. That means, if you don't take the job that offers you less than that, you're up for the benefits in unemployment. IF it's more than the minimum, you turn the job down, you won't get the benefits.

What I'm saying here Az is, that it doesn't mean crap the whole minimum thing.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by DanS
AFAIK, those without any special nursing education aren't paid that well. More like $2,250 plus benefits.

Damn I'd like to not get paid as well as those nurses....

[DanS]

It's not like you have 15 or 20 years of experience under your belt, however.

[KrazyHorse]

Plus he's still ~23

No 23 year old is worth as much as a 35 year-old. That's why we shouldn't let them vote.

[VetLegion]

@ KrazyHorse

[OzzyKP]

[David Floyd]

A friend of mine and I hooked up with a couple of drunk nurses last week.

That's my only contribution here.

[mrmitchell]

Hey Pekka who owns all the paper operations in Finland? Nokia?

[Kidlicious]

This has nothing to do with equal pay and everything to do with low pay. What a poor troll Pekka?!

[Pekka]

Umhh.. no?

Stora Enso is a big player.. www.storaenso.com

[chequita guevara]

Welfare capitalism is not socialism.

[Pekka]

and you smell bad. How's them apples?

[chequita guevara]

Well take your nose outta my ass then.

[Pekka]

Sorry I thought I was up your face...

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Pekka
2 028 is the average for women. Now consider that it includes all, so nurses are making less than average. Yeah I know it's LOW.

$29,000 is 2004 GDP.

Lumber (&paper industry)... yeah that's about it.

There are ots of rich places which have virtually no natural resources and these days resource extraction makes up only a tiny share of total economic activity. Finland needs to liberalize its economy and find a way to encourage more start up companies. Most of the start ups will either fail or will remain small companies but a few will get the market conditions right and they'll become the next Nokia.