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In the UK you earn on average 2/3 of what you earn in the US, however our minimum wage is about 1.75x the minimum wage in the US and most things are MUCH cheaper, plus when you add up all the different types of taxes in the US we pay less tax. Included in those taxes are healthcare. You get a months vacation days as a basic, and generally speaking you have a considerably higher standard of living. It is true that your highest earning potential is in the US because their market is massive and so if you're a billionaire, looking to become a trillionaire then you are better off in the US but for 99+% of people you are better off with the UK system... And yet the majority of people in the US still fight to maintain the system that keeps them down, "because socialism".
The overriding question that is always uppermost in my mind is,why would anyone WANT to live in the US?
It’s expensive,it’s dangerous and it respects nobody else in the world.
Lovely.
@TheCornishCockney yeah I agree even if I was offered 100k job I still wouldn't go , there are no safety nets there
It strongly depends on the industry and area you'd live. Opportunities in some industries were much better than the UK, and some places are great. In the 2000s, I was paid over $200k to work in tech, living in Cambridge MA, a place I already knew well, and liked. Back then, groceries were cheaper in the US. Rent was higher, but floor area was reasonably good. Clothes were cheaper. I had company subsidised health care, and had negotiated extra holiday to be comparable to my previous UK job. The people I worked with were very smart, helpful, friendly, and fun. Well over 80% of 2000 staff had, at least, a degree, in engineering, science or maths, and a big chunk had PhDs. In general, colleagues were interested in and well informed on the rest of the world. I could take the 'T' (underground) to work, or to get around including going into Boston. So no necessity to own and run a car.
Once there, the USA is a fascinating country. I've visited (that means stayed overnight and eat meals) in 17 states. In general, strangers were polite, friendly and helpful. My British accent is not "Queen's English", so many people were interested to discover where I came from.
It is more dangerous. I avoided places that had a bad reputation. That seemed pretty straightforward, or I am protected by angels. As a result, I only felt unsafe when the police approached or stopped me.
Best Wishes. ☮
@@gbulmer I was generalising of course,but all in all,I prefer the better work/life balance we have in Blighty and not screw myself into the ground working.
Work to live,not the other way around.
@@TheCornishCockney Thank you for replying. As a wag once commented, "all generalisations are false" 😀🤔I thoroughly enjoyed my career. I love meeting experts who are thrilled to engage and explain genuine problems which are worthwhile solving. I love learning new stuff, and trying to solve difficult problems. I understand the importance of work/life balance. However, being paid handsomely to do what I loved doing was ideal. It almost wasn't a job.
The USA has a *_lot_* to do beyond work. I had many great holidays with American friends, and dined out with several most weeks. I enjoy eating. If you know what you're doing, or have friends who do, the variety and quality of food is superb. In my admittedly finite experience, only Thailand has better cuisine. My best meals outside Thailand were in the USA or my Mum's home.
I've an amateur interest in astrophysics since school. In Cambridge, MA, my local astronomy club met in the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. We had presentations every month. Occasionally if the speaker had cancelled very late in the day, someone would wander the corridors, sometimes finding a Nobel Prize winner to come explain what they were working on. They were fascinating and inspiring. The club did 'outreach' showing school children the fascination of the Universe. Another activity on my doorstep was attending an MIT research group's weekly 'reading group'. They were happy to have members of the public join as long as they contributed. There were other 'clubs' in my areas of interest but independent of work which I enjoyed.
Also, I never planned on retiring in the US.
When I returned to the UK, I had the flexibility to do what I wanted for several years. I did some tech consulting. But also designed content, and provided school kids and adults with practical, hands-on activities exploring tech that interests me at negligible or zero cost. Some of those folks found a new hobby, enjoyed themselves creating unique products, or even 'found their bliss' and blossomed. I then found a job that paid me to do that.
I don't think I'm typical.
Best Wishes. ☮
@@gbulmer You forgot to mention that a lot of American foods are ILLEGAL here in the UK because of the harmful things that Americans put in them just so that they can sell people medications to get rid of symptoms that the food gives them, was a big shipment of Jolly Rancher sweets and others stuffs Mountain Dew bought illegally from America and caught here with people trying to sell for profits, it didn't work out for them. Another benefit of the NHS is there is no money to be made from sick people here, so making people better saves money on the cost of the NHS, no such thing in America where it is all about making a buck or two, even from a human beings suffering.
And when she mentioned the food stores within reach of her house she was only talking about supermarkets. In the UK there are also small independent stores on practically every street plus butchers or bakers or markets selling fresh fruits and vegetables!
And remember, 'in range' in the UK means WALKING distance.
@@PaulHipToBeSquareAllen How about today? Within a ten minute walk from me I have a Tesco Extra, an Aldi, a Lidl, an M&S Food Hall, a Costcutter and soon a Sainsbury's, which is due to replace the Homebase opposite Tesco. They'll love that extra competition. Added to that, there are two local small grocers. It's not that unusual unless you live in one of those weird suburbs, like Hamptstead Garden Suburb, where no commercial activity is allowed. Zoning isn't really a thing in the UK.
AND, many of which, especially in London, are 24hrs.
So you never go wanting.
Can't tell you how many times throughout the years electricity cut off, you forgot its already in emergency, and you remember the shining light 24hr shop 5-20min walk away 😅
But very few bakers
As an English guy this it what I think.
In America they ask.
to run for office, they ask how much you got.
To get Education, They ask how much you got.
To get health care, they ask how much you got.
@@Mike-James Sounds about right 🤪
The more I read about the States the less appealing it becomes 😳
I visited a couple of times, years ago, and although things may have been generally better perhaps, but it did strike me as scruffy. Santa Monica was a bit of a let down 🥴 🙋♀️🤗
I have the honour of being born and living in the UK, yes we pay National Insurance towards medical bills over our working lives, but it is minimal, I am contracted to do 20 hours a week and my contribution to NI was £2.33 for that week, however if you are on Benefits ( Welfare ) there is no contribution, you can voluntarily pay it, IF you choose to. 3days ago I had to have a full Hysterectomy ( womb, Cervics and tube removal). I will NOT get any kind of bill from the NHS, I am debt free, thanks to the NHS system we have over here.
Thank You NHS!
I am curious, how much is the average cost of this kind of Op in America? If anyone can let me know I would apperciate it.
It's no wonder so many Americans have to have more than one job in order to be able to live.
can be same in britain if on minimum wage over 21's £11.44
I remember being confused watching American telly as a kid.
Why did they need two (or more) jobs, why couldn't they just get one good one😂
Now I understand.
Well done, girl. This country is still worth living in.
Maybe not for long now that Skier Starlord is running, or ruining, the place!
Cry more.
From what I've seen America Land of the FREE HOME OF THE BRAVE as long as you have a gun GET RID OF GUNS
@@johnmunro4952 Is that a request or an order?
@@baylessnow
Labour have been in power for less than 8 weeks and ALREADY you are moaning?!
How about the unbridled b@lls up that the Tories left them with after 14 YEARS in power? Like, for example, the £22 billion hole in the nation's economy that they *forgot* to mention in the run up to the General election?
Get a grip!!!!
Yes, @7:23 she meant to say in the US you would receive a bill for an ambulance, not in the UK.
correct we have nhs no paying for hosptal bills. why do you think illegal imigrants come over to uk and bring their familys
However, the NHS will bill insurance companies if they were insuring the liable driver.
TBH they are a bit strapped for cash so it's reasonable.
In the USA guns are a right and healthcare is a privilege. In the UK healthcare is a right and guns are a privilege. Which country do you think got their priorities right?
As far as the car insurance thing goes I am daily driving a BMW i3 Electric which is valued at £15,000 (replacement cost) on my insurance terms meaning that I am paying £1000 per year on insurance. This is the most expensive car in terms of insurance I have ever owned.
I've got a friend who lives in WV. He used to send me caramel M&Ms before they were available in the UK. The thing what shocked me was the postage, it cost $90 to send four 1Kg bags, and that was about 7 years ago. I sent the equivalent weight back to him which cost around $12.
I pay £30 a month for Fibre home wifi & Mobile phone together, and that's not even the cheapest.
I'm a type 1 diabetic, I get everything I need,dexcom monitor , pump and all my insulin etc, I get a test kit strips, I even get prescriptions free because diabetes is one of the life long illnesses that gets an exemption certificate.
Pay about £300 per year for car insurance, and it's fully comprehensive, all risks covered 😊
Annual University Tuition fees in the UK
England and Wales £9,250 or $12,139
Northern Ireland £4,750 or $6,233
Scotland $0
scotland for residents is free no tuition fees
Germany: €0 for anybody, not just residents or citizens.
OK, I'm lying because there is a 6 monthly €150 admin fee but this includes a pass for public transport which on it's own usually costs more than €150 for half a year.
And until the UK left the EU it was free for those in Scotland (within the ‘quotal’ limit) and the rest of the EU, but for some bizarre (& obviously politically motivated) reason those from England, also within the UK, had to pay ‘overseas’ rates. It’s politics, dontcha know! 😳
Here in the UK our food is cheaper (and of WAY better quality!), our Healthcare is cheaper, our Mobile Telephony is cheaper, our Broadband is cheaper, etc, etc, etc.
When will you Americans wake up to the fact that you are being right royally RIPPED OFF?!!!!!
Tuition fees for university in Scotland is also a big fat ZERO
Britain is an informed nation. Plus American says that they are the 'Richest' nation. Uk we are more financially Savvy!😅😊
The Land of the Free is Pay to Play.
It's pretty common in the UK to have a phone plan that just covers the minutes + data and you supply your own phone, whereas in the US it typically gets bundled. That explains the pricing difference.
Its cheaper both ways. I pay £22 a month for an ok phone, and unlimited everything with tethering allowed, no fair usage restrictions etc.
My phone plan is £8 (less than $10) I rarely go over my plan, if I do it is normally still less than £10. I remember I had a month when it cost £15 when I was travelling in Europe.
I broke my foot last year, went to my local emergency department, didn’t pay for my treatment and the hospital paid for my cab home.
For my mobile/cell phone I pay £20 a month which gives me unlimited calls and texts and 100Gb of data a month this gives more than enough of what I need.
When I last visited the US, clothes were MUCH DEARER there than I am used to paying in the UK.
Same.
When I was in NY couple of years ago,I went to a place called White Plains in upstate NY which had a giant clothes warehouse but only ended up buying a lightweight jacket,I found everything else to be not particularly cheap,about the same as I’d expect to pay in London’s Oxford Street (which is an expensive part of town) and if you want cheap clobber,we have Primark of course which is far far cheaper than the American prices.
My SIM only plan (month to month, aka no long term contract) is £15 for unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 30GB data. It includes roaming to Europe for the full plan
I live in a very small town in Scotland called Bo'ness.
In 10 minute walk i can shop at spar, scotmid, Morrison daily, lidl, tesco or farmfoods.
In a 10 minute drive i can shop all the above plus Aldi, Asda, iceland B&M, and another Tesco.
My mobile phone bill went up to £9.96 a month . Also I pay £320 for car insurance for the year !! BLOWS MY MIND what you're paying wow ! Crazy!
It's more than 30-50% depending on where you are. I visited NYC and they were charging $4 for energy drinks that you can get in London for £1. I went shopping for a small amount of groceries, it was like, parsley, tinned tomatoes, tinned beans and something else. It came to $21. In the UK that would scarely have been more than $4. They were charging almost $4 for a tin of tomatoes I can buy for like £0.70. This was NY state btw, not NYC. UK food prices are actually very cheap, cheaper than most of Europe actually. We have some of the cheapest food compared to living costs in the developed world.
We just renewed our comprehensive car insurance for £415 for a year. And that has gone up from about £320 a few years ago.
Something i noticed in the green bubbles thing in the usa with iphones just doesn't really exist in europe and its partly because our phone data has been so cheap for so long we switched to internet apps like WhatsApp way earlier. like ive NEVER in my life spent more than £15 a month on my data and calls and stuff. My home internet has never been more than £30 per month and i get gigabit download from virgin media for £30 a month and my phone ive been on a £15 per month unlimited data plan for years now. My car insurance is £400 to £500 per YEAR, also my car cost £1500 (2011 skoda octavia).
I pay $388 for my car insurance for a year in Sweden, I think it's expensive😂😂
I pay £16 per month for unlimited calls,texts and UK data. I get 12gb in Europe. Car insurance is £300 per year
Some commentators wrongly describe the NHS as free.. it's not. Everyone earning more than the lowest tax bracket (about £12k) includes a small % for the NHS in their deductions.
I HAVE A FEW MEDICAL PROBLEMS ONE BEING COPD AND I DON'T PAY FOR ANY OF MY MEDICATION OR INHALER'S THEY ARE DELIVERED TO ME WHEN I NEED THEM.
in place called caerphilly with 2nd biggest castle in uk. we have morrisons asda bm bargains lidls aldis iceland heron foods
Probably you have home bargains and coop too.
Here in Scotland.. University is FREE
I pay £8 a month for my phone..5G data and unlimited calls. Giffgaff 😂
Wow $200+ for car insurance per month 😮 thought America was land of the free
Driving in the UK has a really tough test! it can take upto 6 months or more to pass a test, never mind the Theory test. So paying more to pass, will help get less stupid drivers, which will help lower insurance
The driving in America when I was there was appalling.
And some of the,shall we say,unsafe cars I saw was scary.
I’ve never complained about Britains drivers since that unpleasant experience.
(Well,maybe a little bit)
It might be a tough driving test compared to the US, but very similar to most of Europe, driving in the US is a terrible standard.
@@iaing9028certainly is. I was a driving instructor in California and I tried my best to get my students up to what I'd consider the bare minimum UK standard........of 150 students I had, three of them would probably have been able to pass the year 2000 UK driving test. The rest were just stupidly dangerous.
I just sorted my car insurance for the year, now I'm at least 30 years older than you, but it cost £215 for the year! That's fully comprehensive (it will pay out even if it's my fault), windscreen cover, legal and breakdown service. It would be cheaper if I didn't have all those extras. Not that everything is cheaper here, you would have a heart attack if you wanted a full tank of fuel and god forbid you smoke! Cigarette are witheringly expensive! For a regular pack of Marlboro (20) it's £15.60 thank god I gave up smoking 10 years ago.
you get what you vote for
I do have a sports car and have a clean licence and i pay £396 per year for my insurance so i am staggered at the cost of insurance and generally everything in america compared to the UK.
Here in Ireland I pay 20 euros a month (which is around 17 dollars) for unlimited mobile calls and data. I also pay 25 euros a month for high speed broadband with unlimited downloads.
Bad news €20 is about $22.
€20 is about £17
@@tompiper9276 and £17 is USD 22.27 at current exchange rates.
Just 5 years ago I paid 350 pounds per year to insure a Maserati .
I pay thirty two quid a month car insurance on a range rover. It's all linked back to health care and ambulance chasing lawyers. If I injure somebody, my insurance would cover their rehab and damages and not buy holiday homes for middlemen.
we dont get a bill for being illl in the UK thats called NHS however it is pretty bad waiting times n stuff so weigh that out
My uk pay as you go 'monthly' expense on EE:
£15 Monthly.
15gb rollover data (any data leftover adds to the 15)
Unlimited calls. Unlimited texts.
Amurrica got you lot by balls like catching a wedgie or shoelace on a fence 😂
Within 5 minutes drive of my house there is a Tesco's, Asda, Morrisons, sainsburys, Aldi and Lidl, as well as several convenience stores like co-op and one stop among other independent shops 🤣 I've seen several reactions to Americans looking at British grocery prices one guy bought 3/4 things in America for £30 just before he did a reaction to aldis, the woman who shopped there got half a shopping cart for £30 🤣 whilst you're paying 6/7000 dollars a year for healthcare and the UK NHS is covered by taxes and national insurance which comes directly out of wages, in the USA you're also losing more of you wages per year so add the extra costs for phone bills education, entertainment its ridiculous and it's all down to big companies financing politicians campaigns to prevent competition, why do you think rugby and soccer are massively underfunded but you get more entertainment per game v adverts in comparison to nfl and basketball
Everything in America is for the few rather than the masses, how's that freedom tasting 🤣
I'm a British driver and I pay about £250 a year I am 57
im in the uk i just paid my car insurance £320 per year for a jaguar xfs twin turbo 0-60 in 5 seconds an my phone is £26 a month unlimited that's with a new Samsung s23 phone for 2 years then it drops to £12 and within a 10 min drive there about 15 superstores and 60 smaller ones and 100s of local shops and im in the northwest of England
But remember, your insurance in America is paying for all the bad drivers, uninsured, all that stuff, we only now are seeing a rise in these kinds of problems,
...not to mention no MOT equivalent.
No insured drivers are paying for uninsured drivers in the US.
Love the set up. Looks like you are looking at her in the room.
My daughter pays £20 a month for unlimited calls and texts and 100GB of data, there are cheaper deals but she gets priority access to concert tickets which is a big thing for her.
I pay £7 but only get 10gb data, I rarely use the internet on my phone so pointless paying more, wisj I could get the same ticket access though
I haven’t paid for a single prescription for the last 10 years, all because of the NHS.
Costs me about £12 per month for unlimited Prescriptions.
Loads of cell phone deals below £10. For £8 with Vodafone unlimited calls & text plus 40gb of data per month £8 on a 12 mth contract
i have low power smaller engine city car 6 years driving and the next year quote ranges from £271 - £490 per a year. my first year insurance at 32 was £1900 £90 a month ish i think i know total was 1900 that was for a fiesta 1.4 tdci diesel with 69bhp but it was light weight so still fun on twisty roads. but heard storys of 17 year old getting quotes in a big city like london for a 1.2 liter engine city car and quotes of £7000. but first year always high, 2nd year normally halves mine dropped by a 1/3 because old lady rammed my car so at no fault but lucky to keep my first year no claims but i was fully comp and normally you need 4 years to protect them and im on 5 years no claims protected and now i get 30% discount , it was like 10 % a year but every year % gets a lot less so this year i may get 33-35% of total yearly cost. but certain cars like rangerover certain specs have very high theft rate it was 100 a week and these over £100k cars people who once had no issues forced to sell as they could not get cover or it was crazy like £30,000 a year, even people who waited ages for new one go to pick it up impossible to get cover so they had hand car back at huge loss. so cases insurance can be crazy but normal drivers normal cars and driving for many years it can be £200-£500 a year but also location mattes to.
phones ive been quoted £35,25p a month 15gb data unlimited calls and texts with an google 9 phone, this time around phone prices are nuts for 24 month contract, same price as current but extra 10gb data, old days it was like phone was free or the network, now you pay monthly for the phone and £10-30 plus on top for network , so really scamming this time around and that offer for 4 years customer and two months over due for new phone so i think i stand my ground and refuse to give in for pro one for same cost even if on phone for 3 hours and see how that plays out.
neal the difference with health care, in the US and the UK, you hit the nail on the head, lets say you pay 7k a year in health isurance, where does that money go, its goes to the insurers, we pay taxes, where does that money go, its goes int o a pot for health care, to be used when needed,
lets say an average salary in the UK 25k a year, you dont pay tax on the first 12k, you pay on the 13k over the tax bracket, so yearly tax is 2600, a long way from the 7k a year, it also goes the the welfar state, unemployed, low income families, as there is a law, you have to have to live, depending on circumstances, whether low income family, single parent, there is a min by law to live on, so the state steps in and makes your money up to the min by law.
I'm in the U.K and my mobile phone is connected to one of the many "Virtual Network Providers" called iD. They piggyback their service of of one of the main networks called 3.
There are many of this type of virtual providers that use all of the main networks to piggyback their services on and by doing so, I would guess, cut their overheads down, i.e. no installation costs, no maintenance costs etc.
Thus, they are able to off significantly lower prices on their monthly plans.
For example I have a sim only monthly contract plan, it renews each month, for only £10/$13.20 I get unlimited minutes, unlimited texts/sms and 100GB of data, which any unused data gets rolled over to the next month. This means that if I have a very light use of data one month I could end up with nearl 200GB of data available for the next month.
If you need an Air Ambulance for delivery to hospitals in Ireland/Europe there is Zero cost.
On all road vehicles. The Road tax certificate. Insurance and vehicle road worthiness is Displayed on the non drivers side.
Saves the Gardi from pulling over every vehicle to check. All Public Art Galleries and Museums in Ireland are Free. Funded by Gener Taxation
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My monthly phone bill here in Spain is €5, which gives me 100 minutes each of domestic and international calls. Car insurance is €350 ......
My mobile bill every month is £11.00 and i get unlimited data phone calls and texts that's with EE plus £39.00 for my internet in my flat with BT I get 500 meg down load which is awesome great reaction Pal
I pay £650 ($850) per year for car insurance. About £54 per month.
I Pay £90 a month for my phone plan with unlimited data plus I get discovery+ which includes (nba, ufc , premier league etc) plus that includes my daughters new iphone with unlimited data and I think I'm paying too much, I used to look upto the U.S. in so many ways....not anymore
A British degree is often cosidered equivalent to an American masters. So 3 years x £9k v 5 years x ?
My daughter pays £6 for her phone plan, if you tell them you're leaving their service they will offer you a better deal.
the car insurance prices in the UK aren't quite as cheap as she says as it depends on a few factors...
If you're a new driver then you're pretty much handing over your first born.. I'm 49, I've got a BMW 320D convertible which costs me £275 a year and a Porsche Cayenne 4.5L V8 which is £344 for the year. I did a quote for my 23 year old nephew on the BM and it was over £6000
And it's only going to up because of the EV's
She doesn't know her minutes and data? We are cheaper genrally but get the latest model you are paying 50+ a monthly easily. Standard for unlimited data is 30 35 minimum. Most don't need that much data so 20 25 is middle average.
the reason uk people complain is that if you live in the country you pay if you are from another country you get it at a smaller cost or free, the reverse of america where locals get a discount
I pay £24/month for myself and my three teenagers' phone plans. Two are 10gb of data per month, two are 5gb of data, all are unlimited text and calls. Plus, I can share unused data between the phones if one is running low.
i have drink driving on my record, i got DR10 lowest form, banned 18 months, my insurance, for fully comp and business use, is £85.00 a month, what helped was i put my hands up, straight away, pled guilty, and full co operation, gave ne DR10, there are other which will cause you more trouble, DR20 DR30, anyone wants to know what they are let me know, it will mess your insurance and treble the cost, i was also able to dp a course which took 4 months of my ban, because early guilty plea
Even if you need the air ambulance or coast guard mountain rescue no bill. My phone plan with Tesco I pay £10 per month they will triple the mins. Texts and data .
Private Hospitals are also cheap compared to UK. My local private hospital cahges £15,000 for heart surgery. £7,000 for catheterisation
I think this great
dont forget before computers become the norm and you could buy clothing off the net from america, you either had to go to america, use mail order, or find specialized shop in britain.
even getting goods from america or japan you have to pay import duty as well.
Before the Net, I once bought two Carhartt winter jackets mail order from a place in Idaho, took 3 weeks to get here and cost $60 shipping, Imagine my disgust when the UPS driver told me I needed to pay another £45 import duties before I could have the jackets, had to wait 2 weeks before I got paid again, eventually got the jackets and they where superb, kept me warm for several years.
University tuition fees AVE say £11,000 per year
Student loan pays these. You pay the loan back at 3% and you only pay that back once you start to earn a wage over £26,000 per year. That is even then only paid back as a percentage of earnings over £26k so if you earn £30k you'll pay your loan back as a percentage of the £3,000 pounds per year over the £26,000
You also have access to living costs while on the course as part of the benefits system which isn't seen as repayable!
These costs are presumed to be recuperated from your long term employment after graduation!!!!
Much fairer system
The £10 phone plan must be SIM card only and probably doesn't include a new phone. I got a "free" brand new Google Pixel 7 when it first came out (with a versa 4 Fitbit watch worth £200 as a free gift) and I pay £37 a month which covers the monthly payment for the actual phone over the 24 month contract. It's still not equivalent to $60-80 dollars but that £10 plan is only for the SIM card with the data, minutes, text allowance etc, no phone. Most people get a new phone when they start a new plan but SIM only plans are very cheap.
My phone plan costs me £8.80 or $11.96
Wtf $50 a month for a phone plan is crazy unless that includes contributions to the actual phone cost ... £10 a month in the UK would just be for the carrier service / data
For me it's 80$ a month when including the phone cost
@@NealUKReactions that's crazy sorry dude
havard is probably like oxford, cambridge or eton
I pay 25 (twenty five) pounds a month car insurance 😁.
Those uni costs - and look at how many of them turn out at the end of it 😂
and çits not only in uk for phone plans loool its in the entire world like for the healtcare and school lol
in the us if you are poor you have the freedom to die from a cold loooooool its a mess , and for my little car with 47% of bonus my age for mt 2006 citroen C2 i pay 53€/ month
I pay £7 per month for my mobile/ cell phone.
you can get a sim only deal for5 pounds
EU Working time Directive.
Ask any returning American citizens what they like from Working in the EU. For even 6 months. Never mind a couple of year's
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Car insurance didn't really surprise me as the US is such a litigious country, I would expect the ambulance chaser attorneys would drive payouts higher and higher payments mean increased premiums for everybody.
The rule seems to be in the US when it comes to competition is if somebody new comes into your market buy them out.
Definitely the case, the UK has an environment where payouts are more reasonable. You might argue over the last ten or fiftenn percent value of a vehicle that was written off, but in general it's not a litigious process.
You also don't have the ridiculous situation where someone can hit you, be at fault, but their insurance only covers the first $20k of your claim, tough luck getting any more. There are uninsured drivers in the UK for sure, but that's a specified offence, and if you're not breaking the law, the minimum legally-possible insurance cover is required to have the ability to pay unlimited third party damages. As it should.
I pay £26 a month for car insurance :)
Car insurance, wow. I’m paying £290 a year for my 8 seater van.
I was a bit miffed when I changed the insurance over from my old 2000 (year) car to my current 2017 car and it cost me a little more than the yearly fee on my old car. That worked out at around £453+. I might not complain as much now, knowing that my yearly price is the average monthly price in America!
They often work prices out based on other cars on the roads, not just your car. It will go up more as EV's become popular.
@@jpw6893 I'll just get my classic out of the garage and drive that. It's only about £180 per year fully comp! No road tax, no MOT, sorted! 😉
Parts of Russia are not very well populated but their phone plans are still cheaper than the USA.
Just had a quick look at a SIM package £25 will get you unlimited data texts and calls that's was the first one I came across my personal plan is £13 for 50gb of data and unlimited texts and calls but I use about 5gb a month 🤣
How much for a cell phone ? I'm in Scotland and bought a phone 5 years ago for £89 ,$100 ,and pay £3.99 $5 a month for my phone calls texts and data and I've never run out
with phone contracts it depends what you want, what phone latest or not so latest. talk time social media and youtube. how long for. cheapest £10 a month or £90 month most expensive
I pay £40 a year! Though I rarely use the mobile Internet.
$ for $ insurance for a brilliant health plan say $7,000 per year. No access to Ambulance cover!
National Insurance the Tax you pay to cover Healthcare is capped at £1,200 per year.
Access to emergency Ambulance and subsidised medication. £9 per prescription covering most types of medication and treatments this can be even cheaper if you pay yearly. Around £100
So
Equivalent premium would be say $1,800 per year, emergency transport Inc and no Co Pay at all!
Cheapest prescription Medication $150 per year for All medication regardless of cost
$13.50 per prescription normally
Waiting times are an issue for some treatments but it depends cancer treatment tends to be fairly quick to diagnosis and then treatment
Operations can be 1 month to 1 year depending on critical need and access to Surgeons time!
I would still prefer our healthcare to any US health care insurance coverage!!!!
PS there is also free access to post natal care and hospital aftercare such as midwifery and occupational therapy also included in your National Insurance TAX, yes it is a tax, but
It's still better than paying for private health insurance where you're at the mercy of health care providers price gouging to get as much out of your insurance providers!!
Even as a customer I can just go to a shop and get 16 tablets of paracetamol/ Vicaden type pain relief for around $0.75
And the shop is making a profit on that too, and the manufacturer!!!
It's sad Americans can't get past the 'Social' part of healthcare as it's demonised by the Right/ Republicans!!!!
It's not Communism, it's everyone pays so everyone benefits!!!!
For my son and I car insurance costs around 400 pounds per year. Insurance companies are bastards whatever country you are in.
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Hi from the UK. Dude, I feel bad for you out there.
The insurance on my motorbike is £42 a month with lots of extras like breakdown cover, riding gear cover, legal cover. The car though is £44 a month with 4 drivers. Bennetts and Aviva respectively (though Bennetts is actually using Aviva) I will note Uk drivers have much more driver training and a much more difficult test than the US and we have the MOT so our vehicles are in much better and safer condition than US cars.
Yes we pay tax and NI anf get healthcare but it balances out where those on lower incomes pay less tax and those on high income pay more tax but there's many more people on low incomes. And those in high incomes will usually go private anyway. Funny thing is the US government pays more now for health care now than if they had a social care system. If they then had people pay tax according to income then everyone gets health care at no extra cost and no one needs to pay for insurance and the only losers are the insurance companies.
Mine phone costs £8 a month, $10
Yeah for mobile phones, don't get a contract with Vodafone, O2, etc directly. They will charge you an attractive rate for the first couple of months then sky rocket the price up. They do that to cover all systems blah blah. What you want to do is go with a MVNO. The main phone companies sell a certain amount of packages to these third party companies. These are the guys who do cheap contracts. I am with Lebarra, an MVNO of Vodafone, and I have a £10/$13 monthly contract. Unlimited calls, unlimited texts, 25gb of data and 100 free international minutes. Bargain.
The US phone prices are mental. I pay £20 per month for unlimited data, texts, calls etc.
She is talking about IPhones only, I have a Samsung Galaxy ,I pay $30.00 for 90 days for unlimited calls, text and data and since my phone uses Wi-Fi ,playing games are free, plus I have free international calling.