If you’re young and highly ambitious I’d advise that person to work in the States and maximise their education/opportunities rather than suffering in the UK or Europe.
Europe is decaying, horrible offering for young ambitious risk taker types.
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Bad precedent. Feels like the Govt overracting to the Bob Vlan glasto thing which is very different to Kanye headlining wireless
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If he doesn’t meet the requirements for entry, fine. But he should be going through the same process as anyone else and not getting special intervention one way or another.
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Yes, Americans get paid far in excess of what Brits do. Wage stagnation is very real. Partly due to disability, partly a decision to work closer to home but I was on £42k back in 2014, now I’m bringing home half of that amount.
However, a couple of years ago I calculated how much my medical bill would have been since 2015 when I fell ill. Here in the UK it’s roughly £2,500 mostly prescription charges. The bill (using information obtained from the US Healthcare part of my company) would have been about $65,000 with standard private insurance or $350,000 without.
Those bigger salaries are great for those earning them. But support for those out of work is pitiful. Employment law in the US is also pitifully weak for employees.
It depends on how you define “outperforming” I guess. It doesn’t all come down to money. Quality of life, a very difficult thing to put a price on, is better in Europe. None of us Europeans have ever had to worry about gun crime for a start. For the majority of the population of Europe a car is not necessary thanks to public transport which is very poor away from the largest cities in the US.
And I go back to my previous point, if some drunken twat (because drink/driving is still very popular in the US) totals my car and I need to be rushed to hospital in a helicopter, I don’t have to worry about whether my insurers are going to cover the $50k bill.
Plus food in the US is mostly shit and the cities are mostly concrete. If the US is so great, what on earth are you doing living in Europe?
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@gunnerpr is absolutely bang on.
Part of the reason is the US never ascribed to the BS austerity George Osborne wreaked here.
He made the country so much poorer with his policies.
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I was always assumed he was off his meds, and surrounded by bootlickers who excused and defended his behaviour because their salaries relied on it.
He’s been pretty chill for a while now, so I’m also assuming he’s now back on them.
Farage would let the US attack Iran from UK bases if Trump could explain what the plan is.
I’d let something happen if someone who can’t explain his actions could explain his actions. Nice attempt to shoehorn his way into the news cycle.
I feel the medical stuff is overblown though and is a coping mechanism for europeans to feel superior to americans (its that and guns).
Only 6% of Americans have medical related debt above 755 quid. So 94% of the population its not an issue. The amount of people with medical debt over 7.5k is 1% of the whole population. Feels more like edge cases it impacts and the vast majority of people are unaffected.
My initial response to you though was about the effectiveness of the different style of goverment left vs right for UK and USA not which place would i rather live as the cultural differences are large and not for me. For the bottom 15/20% the USA lets these people down but for the vast majority of the population they have seen significant improvements that haven’t been replicated back here in the UK.
I will shit on america with all those points if im having this discussion with americans FYI.
I moved to Hong Kong. Ideally i would be back home now but the opportunity cost is too great. I wish there was more done for the medium earners to make the UK more desirable.
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This doesn’t give you the full picture.
If I have 10000 USD in savings and my medical bill came out to be 9000 USD. I am still in positive and won’t have any medical debt. That doesn’t mean I didn’t get absolutely shafted, does it?
My brother in law got hit in the chin by a cricket ball and had to visit the emergency room for stitches and he also got an Xray done for his leg since he was feeling the pain for few days. Total bill 2750 USD.
He was able to afford it but that was an expensive stitch
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Also that’s not going to include the millions who had to declare themselves bankrupt to clear their debt, and screw their credit rating.
And those who don’t get medical help because they can’t afford to go into debt because they live paycheque to paycheque.
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If people are scared about calling an ambulance, you can’t say it is not an issue or is overblown.
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I’ve used private healthcare in Jamaica, just a GP. So I don’t hate it nor particularly scared of it. Quite liked being able to actually see the same GP, something I haven’t been able to do in the UK in years (if you can see one instead of some random nobody)
How I see it as a system for it to work it requires a society with expendable outcome. If you live paycheck to paycheck forget it. As far as I see there is no society like that so it will fail people. If we use the 6% figure as stated above, which I’m happy to accept for this argument, I’d still consider that failure and a country not looking after it’s citizens wellbeing.
There’s also the outlier factor, that the U.S itself, just seems to have the worst healthcare system ever regardless of any belief.
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I would argue having expensive healthcare is better than the UK which is no healthcare in many cases
It’s interesting because he has apologised and disavowed his previous statements.
How much are we to punish people for past actions they have repudiated in this age? In the modern age can you ever really regret?
And why should a government be involved in a music concert?
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I’m afraid I’m not that impressed with his contrition. An apology just doesn’t cut it for me. That’s an easy thing to do.
His offer to meet with Jewish leaders was certainly a step in the right direction, but I’m not sure he would have even made that offer if his entry into the country wasn’t under threat.
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We have a two-tier system here. I’m not saying it’s great though. Mental health in particular will cause you a lengthy wait on the NHS. It’s also a postcode lottery. From GP to treatment in a hospital on the NHS I got a potentially cancerous lump removed within 2 weeks.
As for therapy, my insurance stopped authorising payment so I ended-up paying for a few private sessions out of my savings.
My experience of the NHS has been generally good apart from one shithouse of a rheumatologist who misdiagnosed me but refused to own up to it then discharged me recommending I get a second opinion.
The biggest issue with our local NHS hospital is the one mile long queue for an expensive parking space if you have an appointment between 9am and lunchtime.
Just to chime in, I believe there’s a statistic that around 40% of Americans can’t afford a $1000 medical expense.
Also, medical insurance doesn’t cover everything. There are co-pays, added expenses, limits and insurance companies that refuse to pay after medical treatment.
There’s a reason a medical insurance CEO got smoked in broad daylight and everyone celebrated.
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Have never lived in America but definitely get the impression that although the opportunities are greater, living in England is far more safe and comfortable. The medical issue would be a serious concern. The average Joe or Chad would probably be scared to go for a check up never mind an operation.
A lot of things are taken for granted here. In my line of work, America is probably one of the few places in the world with a more stretched education system than England.
One of the last (developed) countries in the world that I’d choose to live. Canada would be fairly high up despite the cold.
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I was waiting for someone to say this exact sentence. haha
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I have no interest in ever visiting America let alone move there.
I’ve never been to Australia either but give me there every day of the week over America
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