Reply to UK, Italy, France quality decline, now poorer than all 50 states

Forum Index » Money and Finances

Reply to "UK, Italy, France quality decline, now poorer than all 50 states "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The poorest state in the US (Mississippi) was the only state poorer than the richest country in Europe (Germany) as of a year ago. Maybe it has now surpassed, so that even old Mississippi is richer than the richest country in Europe:
https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/01/03/the-poorest-us-state-rivals-germany-gdp-per-capita-in-the-us-and-europe

[b]The standard of living is high in the US. When a heat wave hits Paris, you hear of scores of people dying due to lack of A/C. We just don't have things like that here because we can afford these items.[/b]

Of course all is not perfect in the US by far, but there's an old saying:

The US is a great place to be rich, and a horrible place to be poor. Europe is a horrible place to be rich, and a great place to be poor.[/quote]
um. TX says, hello.

https://texasstandard.org/stories/texas-freeze-winter-storm-2021-death-count/

[quote]Texas has an official death count from the 2021 blackout. The true toll may never be known.

Researchers say the state’s death toll – 246 people – is a severe undercount.
[/quote]

The only reason our qol here is better than most of Europe is because our country is physically bigger, so you have more space.

Europe is more egalitarian in terms of qol. The US has a huge gap.

I do agree, that this country is great if you make a lot of money, but not so great if you are middle/lower class.[/quote]

+1  Blaming the Parisian heatwave deaths on lack of ability to buy an AC is like saying that the Hurricane Katrina deaths primarily occured because people who stayed couldn't afford a bus ticket out.  There are a whole lot of factors that come into play in these extreme weather events that you can't necessarily buy your way out of.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics