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Originally posted by Spondonash
"Oslo, Norway topped the list of the most expensive, followed by Paris, Copenhagen, Denmark and London. Two Japanese cities broke into the top ten: Tokyo - which claimed the top spot in 2005 and came in second last year - at fifth and Osaka Kobe at sixth."
Not quite first but maybe it depends who you listen to. LOL.
"Everyone here is working themselves to death for average/poor wages " That statement is just absurd, it just isn't true. All my mates over there have a comfortable life and earn good money.
Australians are working amongst the longest if not THE longest hours in the OECD according to our media and a great many work unpaid overtime, the funny thing is the spin the media put on that was that Aussies are therefore the hardest workers in the world :-)
I just smile when I read all this because I think that could all be about this country, our beloved leader has recently introduced legislation that more or less removes any remaining rights workers had. Agree to the terms or take a walk. The next door neighbours son is a first year electrical apprentice and he told me he was earning $2.80 an hour. That's $2.80an hour. There is a minimum wage of something like $12.00 but this seemingly doesn't apply to apprentices.
This isn't a "who's country is better" sort of thing it's just that it seems as though this is the way the world is going.
I would like to see some actual figures for the workforce rather than "a lot work part time hours." and "A lot earn the minimum wage"
and "So only a small percentage of those 28 million workers work full time"
"Look at the figures again?" When I see some I will look at them LOL