(02-06-2019, 07:56 PM)B2hibry Wrote:

(02-06-2019, 06:14 PM)lastonealive Wrote: Actually fuel is about $1.20 currently. Probably about half what it is in some European countries.

I thought you lot acknowledged that higher wages leads to higher cost of goods. Isn't that why you go holiday in Mexico? The average Australian is far wealthier than the average American it doesn't matter that as a CEO you would make more in the US or that GDP is higher. 

If you are born into wealth sure the US is great and I can understand why you are happy with voting status quo. Everything is geared to benefit the richest including health.

Okay, $1.20 or $1.60 is still per litre and more expensive than here.

Higher wages does not mean higher price for goods. If that was the case how are you claiming Australians on average are wealthier? Would it actually offset at that point? You do understand wealth isn’t a measure of earnings, right? As I predicted, you used individual wealth versus country, which is where GNI factors in. Australia still trails. 

Who holidays in Mexico except poor college students? I certainly wasn’t born into wealth, in fact, I was raised by a single mom who put herself through medical school. We lived in a notoriously rough area in South Florida. I put myself through school and then spent 24 years in the military. I don’t consider myself wealthy but I am comfortable enough to not want for anything, nor have to work. 

Don’t listen to the news. America is still prosperous, offers endless opportunity, and isn’t as divisive as it appears. Just requires honest work and initiative.

I have no doubt the US is highly prosperous it is just not very evenly spread. However you guys have been well programmed to vote against your own interests to vote in favour of the elite.

In regards to health care I'm glad as an average kind of person that I don't need to stress about costs if I am unfortunate enough to get ill. Americanisation of health is not thought of favourably in countries I have lived.

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