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Originally Posted by Domain Diva
When you consider that most people in the UK earn twice as much $$ money in thier jobs as they do in the USA it sort of equals out.
Whats more interesting is comparing the price of a Big Mac against the average wage of that country...
Sample . ( online prices because i dont eat at mcdonalds 
USA : Big Mac average price $3.73
UK : Big Mac average price $3.70
so the conclusion is that when you also factor in the X2 earnings... brits get to eat thier hamburgers at about half the cost of thier USA counterparts whilst driving that expensive to run car... 
Now thats what you call OUTRAGEOUS !!  |
You couldn't be more wrong,
People don't earn 2Xs more in the UK, they just get charged 2 Xs more for everything.
17% sales tax
Anything car related is expensive: petrol, insurance etc. Tax unless you have an eco friendly car.
Anything house related is expensive, property prices, rents, tax again.
Food overall is more expensive.
Cigarettes are atleast $10 per pack.
Then when you look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_household_income
What you just said doesn't ring true at all.
One of the reasons I left the shithole
