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Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Re: Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Post by ausjke »

Quite a lot friends went to Europe travelling this summer for whatever reason. They share the common impression:

1. You don't realize how great USA is until you travel elsewhere, e.g. Europe.

2. Europe will become a mix between the old Europe population and people from Africa based on the faces they saw on the street and the birth rate among different races these days. Soon, white will become minorities there. Yes I know this is politically incorrect by just saying it, but people from different origins are actually quite different, and it takes guts to just state that fact these days.

3. No Air conditioning in many hotels/airbnb and they had to switch places last minute.

The only solution is to have more kids?

Re: Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Post by fred_is_fred »

graeham wrote: post #14

"In the US food is generally cheaper than it is in Europe, medical care generally more expensive." I'm not sure when medical care is cheaper in the US. Within the VA system, maybe? Also, the ranking does not stack up against wikipedia figures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_per... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)... (Where PPP is already accounted for, so this guy…

The author is saying that the medical care is more expensive in the US, not cheaper.

Re: Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Post by cdelsolar »

ausjke wrote: post #21

Quite a lot friends went to Europe travelling this summer for whatever reason. They share the common impression: 1. You don't realize how great USA is until you travel elsewhere, e.g. Europe. 2. Europe will become a mix between the old Europe population and people from Africa based on the faces they saw on the street and the birth rate among different races these days. Soon, white will become minorities there. Yes I…

well I went traveling to Europe last year and I came away with the opposite impression. The US is only great if you're in perfect health and rich.

Re: Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Post by JazCE »

ausjke wrote: post #21

Quite a lot friends went to Europe travelling this summer for whatever reason. They share the common impression: 1. You don't realize how great USA is until you travel elsewhere, e.g. Europe. 2. Europe will become a mix between the old Europe population and people from Africa based on the faces they saw on the street and the birth rate among different races these days. Soon, white will become minorities there. Yes I…

What?

How do i downvote this nonsense. Well done on your bravery by the way.

Re: Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Post by andybak »

patatino wrote: post #20

Off topic: What is this form of title when they add stuff like "Yes, Even Mississippi" which doesn't add any value? Is there a term for it?

Why would you say it doesn't add value? It doesn't add factual information but that isn't what a title is for.

Re: Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Post by tomjohnneill »

It's a bit weird that the author acknowledges the difference between UK regions and London, promptly ignores that, then continues to adjust the US figures by the different PPP figures by state. It definitely makes the whole thing a lot less apples to apples.

Also, the cost of goods and services being cheaper in the US might not be a strictly good thing. If food, clothing and haircuts are only cheaper because businesses are employing people on well below a living wage, or exploiting cheap labour from undocumented immigrants, then it's hardly something to celebrate.

On that last point: "the bottom 10% in the US have the same incomes (yes, PPP adjusted) as the bottom 10% in either Sweden or Finland. While the top 10% have very much larger incomes than the top 10% in either country. All that redistribution hasn't made the Nordic poor richer than the American poor but it has made the rich poorer". I'm not sure of the details, but it's easy to see how that would be misleading if those income figures don't account for government transfers from rich to poor, or nationalised/socialised state services in health, transport or education.

Re: Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Post by thebooktocome »

ausjke wrote: post #21

Quite a lot friends went to Europe travelling this summer for whatever reason. They share the common impression: 1. You don't realize how great USA is until you travel elsewhere, e.g. Europe. 2. Europe will become a mix between the old Europe population and people from Africa based on the faces they saw on the street and the birth rate among different races these days. Soon, white will become minorities there. Yes I…

> Soon, white will become minorities there. Yes I know this is politically incorrect by just saying it, but people from different origins are actually quite different, and it takes guts to just state that fact these days.

The demographic fact is not politically incorrect. What's immoral and unethical is acting like that fact is a priori a bad thing.

Re: Britain Is Poorer Than Any US State (2014)

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Post by donatj »

kadendogthing wrote: post #22
donatj wrote: post #2

Most of Europe actually. I was reading a piece I believe CATO put out about this recently.

Why would you read anything from CATO?

Because they put out well written, well researched and thoughtful scribs I can read while smoking my pipe?
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