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Right now Germany's unemployment rate is lower than the US's though, yes, the 30 year average is not as rosie.Originally posted by Kuciwalker View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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What difference does that really make though if you're not one of the business owners making the actual money?Originally posted by regexcellent View PostComment
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I'm far from a business owner and yet am making plenty of actual money. I would make substantially less in every other developed nation.
The median American worker earns much more money than the median worker in other developed nations.Comment
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It's about the same as Norway though when you put it in PPP terms and count things Euros get for free (like health care) some actually come out ahead. Apple to apples, my dear Kuci.Originally posted by Kuciwalker View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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That doesn't appear to include healthcare unless I missed something, only compulsory insurance.Originally posted by DinoDoc View PostComment
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Median household income:
Norway is virtually tied with the USComment
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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which is a poor measure for what we're talking about.Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
if you look at the gini coefficient, you can see how some countries redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor very effectively. germany and italy for example have a higher level of income inequality before taxes and transfers than the US but a much lower one after it.
income inequality worldwide.
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"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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FACT - DD is more wrong than Oerdin.Originally posted by gribbler View PostThat's average, not median
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"Capitalism ho!"Comment
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Meh. I chose the most recent data available and one that took into account the relative tax burdens of the countries.Originally posted by gribbler View PostThat's average, not medianI make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Norway is exceptional in many ways, not least in that it is generally better-governed that the United States.Originally posted by gribbler View PostMedian household income:
Norway is virtually tied with the USComment
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