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Originally Posted by Busty2
Remember that the Australian $ is $1.41 to the US $ so When you work for Mc Donalds in most states you get $15.00 American per hour which is $21.12 Australian. But i agree mainly because of ridiculous healthcare prices the American people are kept poor!
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I always think of it as how well could a kid out of high school live on an unskilled minimum wage.
600 square foot apartments in my area start at $2,175 a month. So if you work 40 hours a week @ $15 an hour, you can barely afford rent making $2,400 a month. You'll have $225 left to live on after rent.
I just checked
1 bedroom rental rates in surfers Paradise Australia where I lived. 1 bedrooms walking distance to the beach start at $1,660 a month. So working 40 hours a week @ $18 an hour you make $2,880 a month. You'll have $1,220 left to live on after rent.
Yeah healthcare & drugs are super cheap in Australia. Healthcare in Australia is 9% of their GDP. Healthcare in America is 18% of our GDP averaging $10,739 a year per person.