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http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7174372.stm

So hows that, you bunch of impoverished scum ;), I say we start taxing you again as well. :D

yeah yeah, purchasing power is weaker blah blah blah, shut the fuck up and gb2 your big mac index mother fuckers

Your thoughts?

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7174372.stm

So hows that, you bunch of impoverished scum ;), I say we start taxing you again as well. :D

yeah yeah, purchasing power is weaker blah blah blah, shut the fuck up and gb2 your big mac index mother fuckers

Your thoughts?

Woo hoo! And you still owe us for some spoilt tea!

This is where it all falls apart...

However, because goods and services are cheaper in the US, Americans will have stronger purchasing power, it added.

This is where it all falls apart...

shhhh

In my humble opinion, i think it's because the US economy is so bad, rather than the UK's being so good that makes us richer.
Well that's what i would say if i wanted to generalise from the facts, but my economic knowledge is lacking a bit.
I don't feel much richer?:(

Great idea! Only half of the US are Yanks. You can tax the Yanks all you want as long as you leave us Johnny Rebs alone! :D

I have lived and worked in both great nations. Can say that in the US it is much easier to keep your pay then in the UK. Groceries, housing and taxes in the UK are more then anywhere I have lived in the US.

Great idea! Only half of the US are Yanks. You can tax the Yanks all you want as long as you leave us Johnny Rebs alone! :D

Ahhh but to us Brits, all North Americans are Yanks! I know, I know, but we just don't care!:D

Great idea! Only half of the US are Yanks. You can tax the Yanks all you want as long as you leave us Johnny Rebs alone! :D

Want to throw in the Homesteaders here out in the west.

where's my cut?

Isn't great when you hear you are more wealthy and you just don't see it in your bank account. ;)

aye, and the fact of it is, an american in my job would be far wealthier than myself cuz you get tips over there. the scots are by and large a tight bunch it seems. as i am myself though so i can't really hold it against my fellows.

where's my cut?

Isn't great when you hear you are more wealthy and you just don't see it in your bank account. ;)

Isn't great when you hear you are more wealthy and you just don't see it in your bank account. ;)

tell me about it.

Yeah, measuring the cash amount made per person, or even by average means little... True value is means much more in context of income - living expense... Which the US still has an edge over on. Someone who makes $20,000/yr with only $10,000 in living expenses, effectively makes more than someone who makes $40,000/yr but has $35,000 in living expenses.

*Plays some Elgar* La la laa...

I wonder if Ireland is richer than America......

I have lived and worked in both great nations. Can say that in the US it is much easier to keep your pay then in the UK. Groceries, housing and taxes in the UK are more then anywhere I have lived in the US.

yeah, what would be interesting to see average disposable income for the two countries

I wonder if Ireland is richer than America......

By what measure?

By what measure?

Guiness, surely? Or Irish people?

must be something in the tea

I have lived and worked in both great nations. Can say that in the US it is much easier to keep your pay then in the UK. Groceries, housing and taxes in the UK are more then anywhere I have lived in the US.

effectively it just means America is the new Poland

I suggest getting used to the Vodka:p

Great idea! Only half of the US are Yanks. You can tax the Yanks all you want as long as you leave us Johnny Rebs alone! :D

Waaah?

*wikis*

meh, fine amerifags then!

meh, fine amerifags then!

American cigarettes?

In the words of Sway -

The pound is stronger than the dollar, hollar!

American cigarettes?

Is there any mildly derogatory slang term for American (impart from USian, 'cause you sound like a pompous twit when you say it), that doesn't cause confusion?

Is there any mildly derogatory slang term for American (impart from USian, 'cause you sound like a pompous twit when you say it), that doesn't cause confusion?

I wasn't confused, I was just resisting the American meaning of "fag".

Is there any mildly derogatory slang term for American (impart from USian, 'cause you sound like a pompous twit when you say it), that doesn't cause confusion?

Damerican? (dumb-american?):confused:
or :eek:
Tamerican?(tasy-american?):confused:
or :eek:
Bamerican?(bad-american?):confused:
:eek:

I wasn't confused, I was just resisting the American meaning of "fag".

And rightly so, i doubt you're a ciggarette, you probably don't get sold in little packets with other people, and heavily taxed? you aren't hated by most of the medical profession.

Is there any mildly derogatory slang term for American (impart from USian, 'cause you sound like a pompous twit when you say it), that doesn't cause confusion?
Ricain?

must be something in the tea



effectively it just means America is the new Poland

I suggest getting used to the Vodka:p

Lucky for me is that I make much more then the average Brit or American for that matter. I can still get my Bushmills. ;)


No potato Vodka for me...

Purchasing power is all that matters...

At the very least, we can all be glad that the dollar-pound exchange rate isn't at its levels back in the 19th century; imagine having to pay $5 for one pound. I'm pretty sure that was brutal for everyone involved.

Purchasing power is all that matters...

At the very least, we can all be glad that the dollar-pound exchange rate isn't at its levels back in the 19th century; imagine having to pay $5 for one pound. I'm pretty sure that was brutal for everyone involved.
Not Americans exporting to us.

That said, we were the workshop of the world and all of that, so I'm sure it was more about the internal markets rather than international trade.

This is where it all falls apart...

I wish I knew where these goods are located? My checks don't last as long as they used to and my wife has to return to work now.....

We have more money now? Someone must have stolen mine...

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7174372.stm
good for you
So hows that, you bunch of impoverished scum ;), I say we start taxing you again as well. :D

yeah yeah, purchasing power is weaker blah blah blah, shut the fuck up and gb2 your big mac index mother fuckers

Your thoughts?

That you're an angry, small-minded person who lives in a country whose economy is doing well?

In the words of Sway -

The pound is stronger than the dollar, hollar!

yay! like that track

I have lived and worked in both great nations. Can say that in the US it is much easier to keep your pay then in the UK. Groceries, housing and taxes in the UK are more then anywhere I have lived in the US.

It's "than", not "then". Seriously, why do so many people say one when they mean the other?

It should be this :
I have lived and worked in both great nations. Can say that in the US it is much easier to keep your pay than in the UK. Groceries, housing and taxes in the UK are more than anywhere I have lived in the US.

Gotta love that nationalism! I wonder if that is based on exchange rates as I am sure the average us income is well over 30k american. Oh well, grow up sir nobody cares.

It's "than", not "then". Seriously, why do so many people say one when they mean the other?

It should be this :

Yeah I make mistakes who doesn't? No big deal really. Should I write out the same sentence in French and Arabic too? You can critique that if you like. Let me know.

Yeah I make mistakes who doesn't? No big deal really. Should I write out the same sentence in French and Arabic too? You can critique that if you like. Let me know.

Are you a westerner or an easterner.

Americans will have stronger purchasing power,
kthxbye

Oh well, grow up sir nobody cares.

appears America is also suffering a sense of humour deficit, perhaps you would like to appeal to red nose?

We have more money now? Someone must have stolen mine...
Damn lying, you are :p

As a British person, I think we are edging towards a crash, to be honest.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7174372.stm

So hows that, you bunch of impoverished scum ;), I say we start taxing you again as well. :D

yeah yeah, purchasing power is weaker blah blah blah, shut the fuck up and gb2 your big mac index mother fuckers

Your thoughts?

Would it offend you if I said that I really don't care? :D

I have lived and worked in both great nations. Can say that in the US it is much easier to keep your pay then in the UK. Groceries, housing and taxes in the UK are more then anywhere I have lived in the US.
What happens when you consider the cost of health insurance in the US (http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml)?

In 2006, employer health insurance premiums increased by 7.7 percent – two times the rate of inflation. The annual premium for an employer health plan covering a family of four averaged nearly $11,500. The annual premium for single coverage averaged over $4,200

Just for that, we're forcing texas into your nation. Whaddya think about that, wise guy?

What happens when you consider the cost of health insurance in the US (http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml)?

Probably washes when you add in the tax rate difference. Oh, and the price for gasoline. If we're going to itemize it, probably should itemize it all.