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The greatest and free-est banana republic in the world though!
The USA is the most naturally beautiful country on earth
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I would imagine in terms of quality of life, and how the state provides for its citizens that any of the Scandinavian countries, or even Australia would be streets ahead of the USA for the average Joe on an average salary.
I donât know many people in the US, but the odd few I do know of are doing well, but were headhunted from Ireland, so would have done well in Ireland too. Very intelligent people, so the yanks probably made them an offer they couldnât refuse, and who could blame them. Munster or CaliforniaâŚ
I think if you have a decent job living in the US, then youâre standard if living is way higher than it would be with a similar job here in Ireland.
Obviously there are exceptions like New York or San Francisco where rent or property prices would be skyhigh, but overall it looks to me like you can live much better over there.
Munster is only the third best Irish province and Iâd still have it streets ahead of California.
California reminds me of that Stewart Lee sketch where he takes the piss out of âexpatsâ in âthe former British colony of New Canastralia.â
âQuality of life, Stew, you canât put a price on it.â
âCulture? No, Stew, we donât have any culture here but quality of loife, Stew, you canât put a price on it.â
âItâs loike being dead.â
I wouldnât be convinced of this.
Iâve been to America many many times over the years between work and holidays.
There had been a noticeable decline in my last few visits.
My impression of the place went from âGod, Iâd really love to live hereâ to âjesus, this place doesnât feel safe at allâ in the space of a few years.
Trending towards how I feel about the UK. Bleak.
Ireland is far from perfect and Dublin doesnât exactly put me at ease these days either but I donât imagine my standard of living would be much if at all better in the US compared to here. The lower taxes would be the biggest benefit.
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The lower taxes arenât much of a benefit if the infrastructure, health system, education and personal safety is falling to pieces around you.
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If you are on a decent salary and live in a decent area then there is very little difference in terms of standard of living between the US, western Europe, Canada and Australia. Some factors of standard of living are better, some are worse, but overall itâs similar.
Higher salaries and lower taxes translate to higher disposable income, which on average is 50% higher in the US than other western countries (60k versus 40k). Some of that is eaten up in higher health insurance costs but most employers heavily subsidize those costs. Third level education is an absolute rip off.
Are the US about to invade Venezuela? In the same manner Russia invaded Ukraine⌠under the pretence of clearing out bad actorsâŚ
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No mate, the last of the great neo-cons, Dick Cheney, died a couple months ago. America is all isolationist and stuff now.
Itâs hard to know, don probably expected them to have backed down by now. But they havenât, so now heâs going for publicity stunts- murdering lads in boats, stealing an oil tanker. But sooner or later heâll have to shit or get off the pot.
In other news, putin has pledged to support Venezuela. This might mean world war, but then again, he might mean support them in the sense that the west is supporting UkraineâŚjust encourage them enough to provoke a war that irritates their (the westâs) adversaryâŚeven if it destroys them in the process.
Such reciprocity bodes well for future relations
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I would say the main issue is the pathway to having a decent job in Ireland vs the US is so much easier with college being so expensive over there
Would he consider moving a few missiles there?
My sources in Honduras say theyâre already there
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âcaravans, a name I think I came up with.â
how in the name of fucking hell did this buffoon not only get elected, but has people globally who thinks he is some sort of messiah and changing the world for better.
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1 The INTERNET
2 A horrific electoral system
3 Vote rigging
Relentless industrial levels of Nazi propaganda
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