Russia: Waterboarding is for sissies

[vlad321]

Kasz216 said:

vlad321 said:

Let me rephrase that. It's easier to get money from here with which to buy the expensive things there, than it is to get the money there to spend them there. The salaries there are just smaller. I'm well aware of the fact that the currency is stronger. For what I am doing, I will get paid a hell of a lot more here than I would over there. And by "stuff" I meant higher quality stuff, like food. I can get tons of McD's in comparison here, but that's not exactly good food. When all the "stuff" is added up the lifestyle overall is better in Europe.

Edit: Actually if you compare the cost of food of the same quality from here, it would cost just as much, if not more, than what it would cost in Europe.

That's not what PPP says.  Heck the UK is about to catch up with the US when it comes to GDP per person.  Problem is when you account for PPP... (and taxes).

 

PPP is neither one of the most stable nor one of the most reliable measurements out there. Between the problems of finding proper equating goods and the fact that one does not correlate with another (food may cost more but housing less, or vie versa), and the fact that it does not account at ALL for quality, it's not something too valid to use for comparisons.