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

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