Yes. The Governor and state politicians always tout that we are the 4th largest economy. Well it doesn't mean crap if we have such a large economy but are in debt and have a deficit each year. Unlike the Federal government that can create dollars out of thin air via the Federal Reserve System, states actually need to practice sound fiscal policies.
Incorrect. It's very much felt by ordinary people, as you can see by the median disposable income at PPP rates
If that was true India would be considered the greatest country on earth.
India has its own unique problems, but it seems like the strategy for ambitious Indians is to gtfo of India.
well then one has to consider why US companies were able to do this while European ones like Nokia and Phillips got BTFO. There are cultural and business climate reasons why.
I'm not sure, long term, having tech companies do all their manufacturing in asia, particularly China, is gonna work out well (for the non-Chinese, anyway). If the EU had remained more insular and intradependent internally with their own phones, electronics, etc, might have been a wiser course. Had they not (mostly) abandoned nuclear to chase imported oil/gas as well. Alas, the EU is really more like the middle east, south america, africa, or SE asia where all the countries favorite hobby is warring amongst themselves. It's really just been the post-WW2 era that big Daddy USA (and to some extent lesser Daddy USSR) squashed all the kids from fighting amongst themselves and that era looks to be well and truly over.
If there's an ambulance, One of my relatives was told they would have to wait 7 hours for one. The standard of healthcare the NHS provides is very poor in comparison to the US.
People who make $120,000 in the US have paid vacation and health insurance.
Yes, but I expect that health insurance to cost around ten times what it would cost in a country like Italy for comparable offerings. And an American gets how many days of paid vacation?
you aren't paying market rate. You get insurance through your employer. Everyone who is employed in some middle class type of salary has health insurance through their employer.
Not really.
All benefits depend on the level of job you have. The out of pocket contributions to health insurance and the number of PTO days depend on the level of job. In-demand professionals and people in good unions likely have much less taken out of their paycheck than say someone working a normal middle class office job. For PTO, typically lower end jobs will start at 2 weeks + ~10 holidays and go up based on experience. Higher tier jobs start with more, and it is common in tech to simply have unlimited.
A key element to the American mindset is the risk:reward. If you live healthy and don't get hurt/sick (obviously some element of luck here but a VAST amount of health care is essentially self inflicted) then you can bank YOUR money and have it for YOURSELF. So rather than relying almost exclusively on the state to care for you, you rely on YOURSELF.
Mississippi gave us Elvis and through him rock and roll.
They also give a large number of cars
I had to fight my job to convince them to pay me out their portion of what they pay for health insurance so I can buy on the open market to make it worthwhile. Sure, I make now 155K
You don't see middle/upper-class Chinese tourists everywhere ?I did not perceive the people of China to be that wealthy TBH.
Not near 50% in China.
Would love to have someone to vote for but where I live, Ireland, every single major party is obsessed with it. Those that aren't only speak of it in hushed tones for fear of the internet calling them names.What's stopping you from doing Revolution yourself? Do you want to be a vassal to another country?
Get rid of people that want unlimited migrants (and your taxes pay for them) and voila.
Of course voting is still possible, but it seems that in Western Europe ALL parties want this shit.
). Any chance I can stay at your house?!
And financial services too.
Would love to have someone to vote for but where I live, Ireland, every single major party is obsessed with it. Those that aren't only speak of it in hushed tones for fear of the internet calling them names.
Irelands a strange place, politically its always 5 hours late to the party. Our discourse currently looks like something from 2019, all trannies and "diversity is our strength". If the logic holds we'll be more in line with current America when the calendar hits the early 2030s. If not I'd strongly consider trying to emigrate to the US (legally of course
We stopped making cars a loooooong time ago (mass market ones at least, not the expensive ones that no one can afford). Well okay not that long, but certainly way before brexit was a mere flicker in farage's eye. And even when we did, I'm not sure how appealing the likes of an Austin Allegro was to the European market:
We stopped making cars a loooooong time ago (mass market ones at least, not the expensive ones that no one can afford). Well okay not that long, but certainly way before brexit was a mere flicker in farage's eye. And even when we did, I'm not sure how appealing the likes of an Austin Allegro was to the European market:
I'm going to assume Eastern Europe as a whole is still the same as always?
