Dear God in heaven, my head hurts after reading some of these posts....
This is not rocket science gents; you can’t simply compare wages or in other words, as I’ve said before, AU$ to US$ because you’re not taking into account what things cost.
In the US, my taxes are half what they were in Oz, for the same amount. My food bill is half and my rent is half for double the amount of space. My car cost half what it would in Oz and I can look after a family of three and save money.