[KEMINOKANA]

Nerima,

Dont think we r on the same page. It is not necessarily walmart. In general, US workers get paid less and part of the reason is coz of lack of unions. When I got here, I was told my pay would be $15 an hr higher than US....at least $5 an hr extra minimum. Clearly even $5 an hr is good...that's $200 a week better off. Enough to pay your monthly rent.

You cant blame the workers when govt policies are suppressing worker rights or mexicans jumping the walls to come and happily earn $5/hr. True it helps to be skilled. But Even the educated workers are getting underpaid or else the jobs get shipped to India. Now John howard wanted to lete maneno ya US, he quickly got booted. U know what Aussies did? They went and brought american workers who confessed that OZs would be stupid to change their system.

Did I say in Aussie people get 4 weeks vacation per year minimum? People who work on weekends/holidays such as nurses get paid extra and get extra days for vacation. In US to get 4 weeks vacation u'd have to work for a company 5 or so years at least.

Not to say it is all perfect....but America is abit on the extreme. What am saying is every country has upsides and downs and one shouldnt just look at the name/glory of a country to make a decision. Sometimes the devil is in the details.