Is Australia still the lucky country or are we being screwed????

[Bowtie383]

Well you could alway's move to the states if you feel you are going to be better off,now look at their wages their hourly rate is a lot less then our's and they are in a recession we are not.
Myself I would not live anywhere else then this country,I was born and bred here and love what I got it also does not matter who is in goverment they are all tared with the same brush.

TJ.

[hqgts]

I just got back from 3 weeks in the states and let me tell you they are well and truly broke....

Australia has it all over them in terms of health care and care for the elderly ( pensioners)....

There is nothing worse than seeing a familyliving in the family car in the car park of thewalmart....

Australians in general have a far higher standard of living than heir counterparts over there.... The average wage in the us is us$7 an hour they live on tips which is a crap system...

I drove between Texas and Vegas and then from LA to San Francisco and now understand the term trailer trash..... Trailer parks everywhere.... And compared to some of the houses they re luxury..... The gfc had bugger all to do with this.... These people were living like that per gfc....

If you think Australia has an issue with boat people... It is believed that 10 percent of people in he us are illegal immigrants from south of the boarder.... That's some 25 million illegals....

I would rather be able to afford the 10%pa repayments on a commodore in Australia than be stone motherless broke in America

al

[thatotherguy]

And above all they dont have sandmans !!!!!!

[Vombil]

[MENTION=5]Absinth[/MENTION]

i spoke to a developer who said that each standard traditional lot (500-600sqm @ $220K) costs him around 60k in govt tax and charges to take to market. On top of that theres all the usual culprits ie services (gas, roads etc), marketing, bank interest over the term of the development and the land itself! HUNGRY GOVT!!

[Sandman_77]

every country has issues, what i love about aus is the beaches the sun and the bush, drive south down sydney freeway over hawkesbury its magic, walk out my front yard and look at the bush and the wildlife

I lived in Europe and UK, they have there good n bad too, along with great history, culture, atmospher and all within driving distance, they have issues with border control, health, wages housing, welfare cheats

If i won lotto i wouldnt change my address, i love my village but I would still have my place in southern france lol

we have the best lifestyle for kids to grow and learn if in right area and raised right

sports and schools are much better for them here

theres no guns in all our schools i can walk down to my shop with out worring if i will get shot or mugged

my neighbours aint going to wack me for some cash or no drug labs on the other side