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Could we repeat this social phenomenon in America? Please elaborate.
"social phenomenon"? i don't see any phenomena, i just see a simple statistical comparison.
you ask if those types of statistics are possible for today's U.S.? i doubt it. australia never had the sort of race-based, multi-generational slavery that we did.
slavery was an important factor in american history that makes the united states' demographics different than most other countries.
Before I answer, first tell me how you and the other two came to the conclusion that is America "did away" with guns, the violence and murders that are committed by criminals here would almost disappear?
Are you seriously trying to imply that getting rid of guns in the USA would have no impact on these figures?
The second data set tracks non-fatal injuries by guns. According to the CDC, there were 73,505 non-fatal firearm injuries in 2010. (We will ignore an additional 13,851 non-fatal injuries from BB or pellet guns.)
That's a load of bs. The removal of guns would NOT reduce the death toll to Australian levels. You are misinformed. And what does ethnicity and race have to do with murder rates?
Inform me then.
Ethnicity and racial composition are the biggest factors in determining the murder rate of a city or state in the US...look at E. St. Louis, Detroit, New Orleans and then compare that to Vermont or Idaho or Seattle.
Removal of guns would lower the murder rate. However, I don't trust our Govt enough to surrender mine.
You have a math problem because AUS $16 per hour is ~US$15 per hour.
$16 in Australia is $14.40 in American.
But that doesn't tell the whole story.
On a year, the most significant price rises were for education (+5.6%), alcohol and tobacco (+5.4%), housing (+4.3%) and health (+1.9%) while the cost of clothes and footwear fell 1.3%.
The most significant price rises this quarter were for domestic holiday travel and accommodation (+6.9%), fruit (+8.1%), vegetables (+7.1%), new dwelling purchase by owner-occupiers (+1.0%), international holiday travel and accommodation (+2.6%) and tobacco (+2.2%). The most significant offsetting price fall this quarter was for automotive fuel (-1.1%).
Grocers are about 7% more than NYC and along with the whole CPI excluding rent. The one thing you do get about 42% cheaper than NYC is rent.
Anyways, you can expect that to continue to rise as wages increase education, alcohol and tabbacco and housing and decrease clothing and footwear. (Snickers)
Disposable income calculations maybe misleading as while Australians have universal healthcare, the cost of healthcare is a burden to many Americans.
Well according to this Cost of Living Comparison Between United States and Australia Australia has a much higher (as much as 40-80% in most cases) cost of living for food, transportation, utilities, recreational, and room and board. What is misleading is the fact that you mention "high minimum" as if it's a good thing when in reality: A majority of Americans were NOT burdened with healthcare cost, but ALL Australians are burdened with higher taxes, cost of living costs as much as 40-80% higher than in the US, and OVER 13% (not 10% like pghquest thought) less disposable income than Americans have. Like was already mentioned, the grass is not always greener.
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