Wages in Australia and US

[Mr Hardware]

Wow, once again a thread full of misinformation, hearsay and opinion that somehow has become fact.

Australia is not one of the highest taxed nations in the world, it's actually one of the lowest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world

The " Trolleyologist's " at shopping centres get paid upwards of $25 an hr.

Of the three people i knew who were trolley boys they were getting minimum wage stuff, like $9-$11/hr. Perhaps the older guy who drives the tractor might be on more, but the 17yo kids sure aren't.

One of the major reasons we don't have good or nice stuff for our money is the massive expanse of australia. If you've got twice the distance between towns compared to other countries, then of course the roads are only going to be half as good....