Americans Sleepier Than Europeans

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Evidently you never got the memo that this is not the 1700's.

I must have also missed the memo that tyranny expired in the 1699.

[mawilson 2,133]

Too bad this does not translate to a high quality of life or wealth.

It does for those who care to work for it.

[Heracles 417]

It does for those who care to work for it.

Come on dude. Walmart employees can work as hard as they like but will continue to be paid peanuts. The con of the century in America is that working hard is a ticket to a high quality of life. The multitude of studies and ranks simply do not support that belief. As doesn't the equivalent of the UK's population living in poverty. Furthermore, what is considered living in poverty varies greatly from that of other first world countries. For example, you have to earn under $30K to be in poverty in AUS, over here it's roughly $12K.

If you exclude the top and bottom 10%, to make things equal, Americans are doing quite poorly when compared to their Canadian, various European or Australian equivalents.

Edited June 9, 2010 by Booyah!

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Come on dude. Walmart employees can work as hard as they like but will continue to be paid peanuts.

In America, unlike the socialist paradise you've fled from to come live here, people get what they deserve. Whether it's the Wal Mart employee paid peanuts because anyone can do his/her job, or the 14-year old Mexican "kid" who threw projectiles at the Border Patrol and got shot dead.

In America, you reap what you sow. That's the price you pay for living here. What's the return? Eternal protection from the tyranny of man. Forevermore.

[Heracles 417]

In America, unlike the socialist paradise you've fled from to come live here, people get what they deserve.

Socialist? Like?

You are correct on the paradise part, thus their multitude of awards.

[mawilson 2,133]

Come on dude. Walmart employees can work as hard as they like but will continue to be paid peanuts. The con of the century in America is that working hard is a ticket to a high quality of life. The multitude of studies and ranks simply do not support that belief. As doesn't the equivalent of the UK's population living in poverty. Furthermore, what is considered living in poverty varies greatly from that of other first world countries. For example, you have to earn under $30K to be in poverty in AUS, over here it's roughly $12K.

If you exclude the top and bottom 10%, to make things equal, Americans are doing quite poorly when compared to their Canadian, various European or Australian equivalents.

I believe that university-educated Americans are doing better than their Canadian, European or Australian counterparts.

Burger flippers and Walmart greeters are not... but why should they? Why should a blue-collar worker,

who didn't go to college but is successful in a trade skill, do better than someone who spent years

studying for a professional qualification?

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Come on dude. Walmart employees can work as hard as they like but will continue to be paid peanuts. The con of the century in America is that working hard is a ticket to a high quality of life. The multitude of studies and ranks simply do not support that belief. As doesn't the equivalent of the UK's population living in poverty. Furthermore, what is considered living in poverty varies greatly from that of other first world countries. For example, you have to earn under $30K to be in poverty in AUS, over here it's roughly $12K.

If you exclude the top and bottom 10%, to make things equal, Americans are doing quite poorly when compared to their Canadian, various European or Australian equivalents.

They applied for and chose to work there!

[Krikit 1,164]

I this thread.

[Heracles 417]

I believe that university-educated Americans are doing better than their Canadian, European or Australian counterparts.

Burger flippers and Walmart greeters are not... but why should they? Why should a blue-collar worker,

who didn't go to college but is successful in a trade skill, do better than someone who spent years

studying for a professional qualification?

Why should someone who went to college do better? Have you ever actually done any manual labor?

You must be looking at NYC, however the extremely high cost of living there cancels out even a $200k salary.

They applied for and chose to work there!

What are you ###### talking about? In a vast part of America, Walmart is their only option.

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You must be looking at NYC, however the extremely high cost of living there cancels out even a $200k salary.

You must be a loser to make $200K in NYC.

[Heracles 417]

You must be a loser to make $200K in NYC.

So you consider a large portion of NYers losers then do you?

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So you consider a large portion of NYers losers then do you?

Most people are. And yet, those of us fortunate enough to live in this land and not any of the other lands, are losers with liberty. And for that, I am thankful. You should be too.

[Heracles 417]

Most people are. And yet, those of us fortunate enough to live in this land and not any of the other lands, are losers with liberty. And for that, I am thankful. You should be too.

Okay I get your game, you are a troll who is here to talk some ###### and see who bites.

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Okay I get your game, you are a troll who is here to talk some ###### and see who bites.

Anyone who disagrees with Booyah is a troll?

[Heracles 417]

Anyone who disagrees with Booyah is a troll?

Your posts are not about disagreeing, you are simply talking ######; thus the sarcastic nature of your posts.

Otherwise you actually believe in such idiocy about tyranny and so on. I'm not interested in discussing idealistic horseshit like that.

Edited June 9, 2010 by Booyah!