highwaystar101 said:
Kasz216 said:
Nirvana_Nut85 said:
This is ridiculous. 22,000 GBP is like 40,000 CDN(Which is a good take home after taxes) . Shit If the government will give you that over there for being fat lazy pieces of shit, then I'm gaining a hundred and 60 pounds and getting my biritish citizenship,lol.
The fact that they're complaining about how much they get and saying "it isn't fair" is what really pisses me off. I mean, people like that should be left to fend for themselves. Instead of giving them a hand out the government should cut them off so that they'll be forced to work. |
22,000 GBP is more then i've made some years when i've worked 40+ hours a week.
Everything might cost a lot more in Great Britian though due to being socialized.
That's like $30,000 in the US
and used to be 40,000 before the UK hit it's monsterous financial troubles.
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Bold - You've never been to Britain have you.
Italics - it was only because ever $40,000 because the American economy was extremely shit and the dollar was worth nothing. If you look at it, historically the disparity beteween our two currencies has never been much. Then a sudden drop occured that destroyed the dollar and it has yet to recover in reality. It's a shame our economy followed yours :-p
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The pound historically was 2 to 1... or close to it. I used to pay for British MUD back when i was in highschool.
Even 1.5 is 30,000. That is a lot.
The UKs economy has always been bad though... or rather set up for failure.
I mean the last decade was the only time people weren't talking about how the Uk "lives above it's means".
It's been a consistant theme since.. at least world war 1.
