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Post by Samildanach on May 17, 2008 5:47:31 GMT -5
Can I have your job?
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Post by Agrarvyn on May 17, 2008 7:55:34 GMT -5
You don't want his job - it pays in dollars! Remember to divide by two or three first
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Post by NightHunter on May 17, 2008 10:50:30 GMT -5
Can I have your job? If you are like: "I'm living for working" and not "I'm working for living", thats perfect for you. Begin at 7:30 in morning, you never know the time you'll finish, can be 5:30 or 7:30 in evening. Being available Saturday morning to catch up with the delay. Working extremely hard physically(I drank 2,5 to 3 pints of water everyday). Always outdoor, so you get a tan that make Califormian girls jealous(ok, just the face, the neck and the arms ), keep you in shape and you don't work when it's rainy but you are paid anyways with the hours in bank.
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Post by Black Cat on May 17, 2008 10:53:31 GMT -5
You don't want his job - it pays in dollars! Remember to divide by two or three first Hey, 1 $CDN worths 0,5 GBP. I'm pretty sure that, if you ask guys in the UK doing the samed job, they are getting paid as much cash than here. Life cannot be that much expensive in the UK?
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Post by Beowuuf on May 17, 2008 11:12:49 GMT -5
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA Oh, wait you are serious... Yeah, 25% electiricity and gas price hike is due, inflation is up by 5% this year, Still, £7.50 is well above the minimum wage and not to be sneezed at. Just yeah, UK is also insanely expensive compared to other places. You will be slightly over the same cost in pounds over here as you would expect to pay in dollars. Our tax is now down to 20%, but then our national stuff is nowhere as good as canada's anymore
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Post by Agrarvyn on May 18, 2008 6:23:17 GMT -5
That's because we're greatly overcrowded, Beo. We have as large a population as France and near Germany's, we're 20% of the size of the USA and we're probably bigger than Canada's. Now let's compare available landmass, shall we? ...
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Post by wildhorse on May 18, 2008 8:33:28 GMT -5
I wrote off a cheque to the Singapore Red Cross for the China earthquake disaster relief efforts.
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Post by Black Cat on May 18, 2008 10:16:06 GMT -5
Now that's a good thing to do. Too bad we don't have medals here because I think you would qualify for the Nobility of the Eagle.
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Post by Beowuuf on May 18, 2008 10:22:44 GMT -5
we have lists of honour...
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Post by Samildanach on May 18, 2008 16:40:32 GMT -5
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA Oh, wait you are serious... Yeah, 25% electiricity and gas price hike is due, inflation is up by 5% this year, Still, £7.50 is well above the minimum wage and not to be sneezed at. Just yeah, UK is also insanely expensive compared to other places. You will be slightly over the same cost in pounds over here as you would expect to pay in dollars. Our tax is now down to 20%, but then our national stuff is nowhere as good as canada's anymore A few years ago I was talking to an American who was complaining about having to pay something like 7% tax. I laughed in his face. The cost of everything is much higher here than in the US, largely due to having the National Health Service and a comprehensive welfare state.
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Post by NightHunter on May 18, 2008 18:43:39 GMT -5
LOL!!!!!
As for me, living in the Province of Québec, I must pay income taxes to federal and provincial.
Federal: * 15% on the first $37,885 of taxable income, + * 22% on the next $37,884 of taxable income (on the portion of taxable income between $37,885 and $75,769), + * 26% on the next $47,415 of taxable income (on the portion of taxable income between $75,769 and $123,184), + * 29% of taxable income over $123,184.
Provincial;
Income Rate $ 0 - $ 29,290 16% $ 29,290 - $ 58,595 20% $ 58,595 - and more 24%
So, as I have earn $29 770 last year, I have paid 15% on federal and 20% on provincial, so an 35% just in income taxes. Add to this 13% every time I'm buying something because of the consumption taxes. And there is a lot more I paid for. Which is not bad, we have good taxes credits but we must know it because the goverment will never tell it for us. ;D
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Post by Sarra on May 19, 2008 4:28:28 GMT -5
I make $22 an hour dealing cards. This is... 22.92 CAN Dollar 11.23 British Pound 14.11 Euros and... 2,284.92 Yen lol
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Post by Agrarvyn on May 19, 2008 9:04:48 GMT -5
I would imagine that casinos pay well, but I wouldn't want to work in one.
I would far rather pay 20-40% tax and have a comprehensive public transport system and national health service than have 7% tax, a cheap lifestyle and then still have to pay for everything else!
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Post by Samildanach on May 19, 2008 10:11:04 GMT -5
I would imagine that casinos pay well, but I wouldn't want to work in one. I would far rather pay 20-40% tax and have a comprehensive public transport system and national health service than have 7% tax, a cheap lifestyle and then still have to pay for everything else! It's a fair point. Although the NHS is a bit crappy, it's a hell of a lot better than having no free healthcare.
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Post by NightHunter on May 19, 2008 10:27:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I must say here, on what we pay to the government, our NHS and infrastructure are falling like a card castle. It's like we don't give enough.
Our roads condition is so bad that we are shame of it. If we go in Maine, Vermont or in the New-York state, the road there are in mint condition. Like a new road. Some expert here says it's because of the frost/thaw period which is hard on the asphalt. But these same states, share with us, the same winters, the same climate. I don't know where my moneys going?
So Bryan, how is the road condition in the beautiful state of Michigan?
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