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> I'm proud of the fact that the US has led the world in per capita income the last few decades Huh? Aren't they on par with countries like the Netherlands, No
by tybris 17y ago
> I'm proud of the fact that the US has led the world in per capita income the last few decades
Huh? Aren't they on par with countries like the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, etc?
- dschobel 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomin... actually quite a few spots behind.
- robak 17y agoAnd they are only because they rich are awfully rich. I.e. in Dubai per capita income is over 100,000 usd a year - twice as much as in the USA. Why? Because prince and friends have Trillions (yes, with T in front!). The same is true for the USA. The base salary for McDonald's employee in Switzerland is 20usd/hr. The have no Bill Gates though. So "average" is more-less the same. But I wouldn't say that on average US citizens get the same life quality as Swiss do. If this was true, the US wouldn't rank 44th place for life length expectancy - the same as developing nations...