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That "inferior housing" thingy used three markers of identification only. Money needed to sustain the house, number of rooms per person inhabiting, and access to an indoor flush toilet. the latter two are the only items to consider at all.
Exactly. It takes more money to sustain housing that doesn't stack multiple occupancy in each room.
Plenty of folks emigrate to Europe, even Americans.
Let's ask another question: why is it, you suppose that America can track a cow born in a stall in Mexico Argentina or Canada to it's ultimate location on a dinner plate in Las Vegas but seems reluctant to divulge or even attempt to ascertain exactly how many of it's citizens live overseas and exactly where they're living?
Could it be the resulting embarrassment would be more than some could bear?
Americans are accounted for, as they need to check in with embassy yearly, as many expats do. I dont know how embarrassing that would be to know we have people living abroad.
I would think more would go to Asia, to get submissive wives etc. Makes life very nice and cheap for many.
Exactly. It takes more money to sustain housing that doesn't stack multiple occupancy in each room.
Of course it would and the study would have shown that particularity had there been even one country in the study showing multiple persons per room instead of vice-versa.
Americans are accounted for, as they need to check in with embassy yearly, as many expats do. I dont know how embarrassing that would be to know we have people living abroad.
I would think more would go to Asia, to get submissive wives etc. Makes life very nice and cheap for many.
WTF are you talking about? It's plain as day that Europeans and Scandinavians have less disposable income than Americans and live in inferior housing.
They have to make do with less, and they have inferior living accommodations.
From a non-American perspective. Extra money isn't everything. Inferior housing in Canada and western Europe? LOL. The parameters as I mentioned are silly. My life isn't better because I have three toilets over someone who may have only two.
People who live in countries that have universal care, and perhaps pay more in taxes ( although this is exaggerated when it comes to Canada at least ) are happier and have a better QOL overall.
Having not to worry about finances when it comes to care is liberating and the difference of more disposable income, can quickly disappear and be meaningless for people paying big for insurance and all the things not covered by insurance.
I tend to agree it will happen at some point but it might be 20-30 years from now when the Millennials are the dominant voice in American politics. Then will be the time. Not going to happen on the Baby Boomer's watch and probably not Gen X's either.
It will look something more like France or Germany's single payer system. Basically allow everybody to sign up for Medicare part "B" and pay the monthly premium just like you would to a private insurance company. Of course the private insurance companies will be the largest roadblock to getting this done. They know their goose is cooked if citizens are ever allowed to buy health insurance direct from Uncle Sam. They wont be able to continue their fleecing of John Q Public by charging them 3 times what it really should cost if that ever happened, so of course they will do everything in their power to prevent it.
It could be closer to a public option with the privates still in business. Or it could be like the Swiss where even the elderly get private but heavily controlled HC plans.
The big thing is that we should all want the bulk of the HC delivery to remain within the private sector. We do not want something like a national sized VA. We want the docs and most hospitals to have the patients as their prime concern, and not be overly controlled by Gov't. Medicare is this way now.
No, Medicare is not free. They pay like $104 a month for it. Sounds reasonable. I pay $325 a month for a crappy Obamacare plan and I'm young and healthy. Total scam.
No, you pay $325 a month for a crappy insurance company plan.
Isn't income distribution a massive issue in the United States? If so, then I'd be interested to know how much of their high average disposable income is skewed by people in the top quantile.
It seems strange to me that American families aren't doing all that well, despite all that "wealth".
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In an analysis of 38 countries, the U.S. scored well above the OECD average with its child income poverty rate, placing seventh, just behind Bulgaria and Romania – two Eastern European countries (OECD 2012; 2015, p. 2).
In an analysis of 174 countries, the U.S. was #33 on the 2015 'Mothers' Index Rank', placing 14 places bellow the average of #19 for all industrialised countries (Save the Children 2015, p. 14).
According to the 'Family Life Index 2015', the U.S. does not rank within the Top 10 for availability, cost and quality of childcare education, nor does it for family well-being and overall family life (InterNations 2015).
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Isn't income distribution a massive issue in the United States? If so, then I'd be interested to know how much of their high average disposable income is skewed by people in the top quantile.
It seems strange to me that American families aren't doing all that well, despite all that "wealth".
Quote:
In an analysis of 38 countries, the U.S. scored well above the OECD average with its child income poverty rate, placing seventh – just behind Bulgaria and Romania – two Eastern European countries (OECD 2012; 2015, p. 2).
In an analysis of 174 countries, the U.S. was #33 on the 2015 'Mothers' Index Rank', placing 14 places bellow the average of #19 for all industrialised countries (Save the Children 2015, p. 14).
According to the 'Family Life Index 2015', the U.S. does not rank within the Top 10 for availability, cost and quality of childcare and education, nor does it for family well-being and overall family life (InterNations 2015).
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Extra money isn't everything. Inferior housing in Canada and western Europe? LOL. The parameters as I mentioned are silly. My life isn't better because I have three toilets over someone who may have only two.
