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pampango

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4. One site estimate Germany's cost-of-living at about 15% higher than the US'.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 02:57 PM

Feb 2014

That would not account for German auto workers making 100% more than American workers.

The same site estimates that the take-home pay for all German workers is about 12% less than Americans' so it's not like all Germans make more than Americans to compensate for a high cost of living.

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=Germany

I did not really understand your question about USAF families using a PX instead of local shops.

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Do American auto workers have an inferiority complex? VW workers get paid $67 an hour in Germany [View all] pampango Feb 2014 OP

Its difficult to compare the two countries dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #1

Not just that--completely different industrial policy Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #2

What is Germany''s industrial policy? pampango Feb 2014 #7

Yes. Those are what I'm referring to. Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #10

Agreed. pampango Feb 2014 #12

They also have no minimum wage. They have something MUCH better. Xithras Feb 2014 #16

One site estimate Germany's cost-of-living at about 15% higher than the US'. pampango Feb 2014 #4

That was just a illustration regarding differences in costs of living. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #6

For the se reason nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #8

Last time I was in the US, dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #11

I agree, it is really cheap nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #14

Yep, you have to index it to something in order to really compare it. Xithras Feb 2014 #13

I wonder if these idiots who voted no Politicalboi Feb 2014 #3

I used to work for an internet company arikara Feb 2014 #5

The world is watching as brainwashed American workers hand their future... polichick Feb 2014 #9

Your stats are off. former9thward Feb 2014 #15

They are not my stats. They're from the Guardian. I said in my post that figure did not look right. pampango Feb 2014 #17