| DonFerrari said: Yes... being poor in USA is better than being middle class in brazil, and being very poor in Brazil (let's face that who earn minimum wage in brazil even if poor on brazilian reality and very poor on US standards) is still better than most people in Zambia or Zimbabwe. |
I wouldn't say its is better being poor in US than being middle class in Brazil, but maybe being a lower middle class here is indeed worse than being poor there. I think with our minimum wage it would be impossible to live in US to be honest, although it seems acceptable in any South American country (excluding Brazil, ironically, and maybe Chile). But I believe that increasing it too much would result in more unemployment and inflation in a short period, maybe in 15-20 years it will be in a better situation.
