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Although in fairness, I should mention that the cost of living is somewhat higher here.
thenewgreen · 4550 days ago · link ·
Well there you go. What about the amount of defense, welfare and entitlement spending? Also, a substantial amount of our population does receive government provided healthcare which accounts for approx 20% of the US budget.
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briandmyers · 4550 days ago · link ·
The wikipedia page on minimum wage has a list of countries, and a comparitive "gross annual", which factors in exchange rates and cost-of-living. Here it is :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_countr...