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Originally Posted by blackbee
And I don't even remember what min wage was, maybe $1.65/hr?
Gas goes up to much and as all have said will tank the economy. Europe is higher because of all their high taxes on everything to pay for socialism and all of the Gov't "freebies". They make more money also I believe but again taxed heavily to pay for everything. Or used to with the new found austerity .
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Conversion rate aside, most Europeans make less money before taxes than Americans. with the current conversion rate, we're probably about the same. They are taxed very heavily in most countries as well.