SamuelRSmith said:
wfz said:
Can someone fill me in on why there's so much hate? Minimum wage in USA = $7.25 I believe. UK = 6.00 (roughly, in their currency).
Prices in the UK already include the high vat tax, so if anything it's more expensive in the USA for our respective currency. Minimum wage is very close, so I don't see how this makes a big difference in the end of the day for each respective citizen. I work X hours to get 350 in my currency to purchase the console, and you work almost the exact same X hours to receive enough of your currency to purchase the console. |
Americans earn more, are taxed less, and prices are lower... minimum wage means nothing, only 5.2% of all hourly paid workers are paid Federal minimum wage... half of those are under 25 (meaning that they still live at home with their parents, don't have families, etc... it's usually just pure disposable income for booze and games).
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You bring up good points, and I'll admit I'm not aware of the differences in income distribution between the two countries, but are prices still lower when you consider that it's USA + no tax against UK + tax? If you took out the UK tax that's automatically included, would it still be higher compared to their average income?
