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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:29 AM Original message |
Britons 'richer than Americans' |
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Finite (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. You don't hear about a downturn.. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, that's what happens . . . |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. It's always been that way..Remember the Queen & Rothshilds |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. While some costs in the UK are higher |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. any one ever do a study on what part of out tax goes into |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Banjos cost less in the USA |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Ask a Brit how much they pay for pharmaceuticals |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Aren't most of the cars in the UK more efficient in their use of gas? |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. What we Pay in UK |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. As a California resident.. |
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Hayduke Lives (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. But remember |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. University education in UK is not free anymore. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Students pay no fees until after course completion and after they are earning 15K per year. |
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JawJaw (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. How Much? |
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HannibalBarca (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. How do your Pharmacists get paid? |
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JawJaw (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Not entirely sure, but |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. You don't hear anything in the media about ANYTHING GOOD in Europe. |
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Hayduke Lives (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That is so true |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Well, when you think about it, why would the MSM media (corporate media) |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. You don't hear anything in the media about ANYTHING GOOD in Europe |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe Because They Don't Get Paid in Dollars, Or Spend $300/month |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. Note that the 'purchasing power parity' rate would give a different answer |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
16. Perspectives vary |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. What is the name of your 'tiny speck in the Mediterranean'? |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. happens to be |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. How ironic |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Exactly what many here at DU have been saying |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. the funny thing about defense/security... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. If it's a rant... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 05:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. I hear you, Fedja |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Great post. n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
19. In some ways I don't doubt that is true |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. In some ways I don't doubt that is true |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. The EU, when fully implemented, will be an interesting contrast |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The EU is implemented as is. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. So the natural tendency of centralized states to further centralize will stop? |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Because Europe runs on a history.. |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Because Europe runs on a History |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. all those plastic crappy gadgets are so much cheaper |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Paul Krugman call that the "tchotcke economy" |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's probably all that money saved on dental work. |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
36. Heard nothing at all on Fox news about this News Story here as of today |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. Richer maybe. But the purpose of life is happiness not money nt |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Richer maybe. But the purpose of life is happiness not money nt |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Money is one of the factors |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Money is one of the factors |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. A response from someone who has lived in both places..... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. The UK will be leading the world in a few years |
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GeniusLib (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Thanks for the laugh |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:43 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. The sleeping Giant |
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GeniusLib (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Exactly, them and India |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. I believe that MOST European families are far more comfortable than American families. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. I hope the republicans are happy. Thanks Bush. Oh and you too Pelosi, his little helper. |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. Wife and I are debating a move to the UK....thanks for the article (n/t) |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. There IS an economic problem in Britain at the moment. |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 05:02 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. There IS an economic problem in Britain at the moment |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. Flashback to seeing "Sicko" last summer, & their postwar rebuilding |
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