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Is anyone else here secretly waiting for the video in which Ryan explains that he is leaving the USA and moving to Europe or Australia? 😅
I'd love the video series where he tries to go through various laws and regulations to be allowed to move there, and when he realise USA still will tax him despite not living in the US any longer.
Yup, happened to almost all of the 20 "American reacts to ...." channels I watched over the years. They all woke up
imagine the video about reverse culture shock when coming home after 5 years happily abroad ...
@@torstenkersten8566yep I’ve seen those videos as well ^^
Probably happens once he starts watching Type Ashton’s videos
You all should stop tipping and force
the employer to pay a decent wage.
It will be hard for the employees for a
period, but it is the only way to change
the system you have today.
Yes, absolutely. But whilst the "little people" are blaming each other for all their problems, the "big people" are making an absolute pile of money. Americans seem to blame entirely the wrong type of people for their issues.
If the employers don't want to pay a decent wage.
Why don't they just pay the Federal minimum wage?
@@gerardflynn7382 Minimum wage can be as low as $2.25 an hour. I don’t know if that’s federal or state.
Your solution might work in a perfect world, but people have empathy, so you won't be able to get everyone to agree not to tip as long as the employees don't make a living wage.
I think that the only way to fix this is by making sure that tips are not included in the legal minimum wage calculation.
@@rikschaaf You are absolutely right and I knew that when I wrote my comment.
Abolition of tipping cannot stand alone, legislation and trade unions are needed if it is ever to succeed in changing it.
Just come back from Australia to my home in USA after a couple of months living with relatives.
If I was a young man (I’m 71) I would definitely head to Australia for my life.
American is now undoubtedly one of the worst countries in the advanced developed world in which to live. It is expensive, less safe than virtually all, healthcare is penal, work is oppressive (lack of holidays, long hours, fear of being sacked), it is generally less law abiding, car deaths are very high, food quality is low, education is expensive and then there is the moronic attitude towards guns (how can a nation be so stupid!?). So go to Australia ….. or Western Europe, Scandinavia, the British Isles, New Zealand etc.
With all due respect. Western Europe is overcrowded. I'm a Dutchman and there are too many Americans here already. We have a housing crisis over here. Perhaps it's an idea that the US'ians don't flee their country but fix it. Make America truly great again.
@@LeviwoscWow, what a good idea. Unfortunately that’s never gonna happen unless they take drastic action. Namely a general strike. It’s dangerous and would take quite a while, but ultimately it would work, don’t you think?
Why only Western Europe when the Central and Eastern Europe is equally beautiful and developed,they might have lower wages but it wouldn't be a problem for anyone from the States to have a great quality of life over there. Just saying cause it seems like a lot of ppl don't seem to realise how awesome rest of the Europe is.
Australia does not need more Americans!
@@LeviwoscIf it's so overcrowded, why do Netherlands let lots of people migrate to the country?
Unions have made all the difference in Australia. The struggles and therefore gains union members have made pays off for everyone.
..in most of the wourld i belive thats is....
Unions are the enemy for Tories, nobody got the right to ask for more money if they dont want to give more money...
and Unions will be illegal, the day after the UK leaves the ECHR!
So true, we have one of the best unionised workforces in the world. Our minimum wage is amongst the highest for this reason.
@@Dr_KAP And where do "we" live?
@@Dr_KAP If you're in Australia it actually has a very low level of unionisation, 13% of the workforce. Lower than the Netherlands (where I am) which is weak at about 15% of the workforce. The UK is double that of Australia. And despite talk of French protest they have a measly 8% and the U.S. percentage (11%) is higher!
The question is not, what Australia did to avoid this. Because it's pretty similar in the rest of the developed world.
The question ist what holds back the americans to change it.
The US is like in the quote be the unknown: "The king said to the priest: You keep them stupid, I will keep them poor."
Btw, the quote is from a song by singer/songwriter Konstantin Wecker. :)
America sounds like a shopping mall with customers instead of a nation with citizens.
Iam from Europe. Born 91. My whole childhood and teenage years I (and all my friends) was dreaming about USA. We all wanted to live there. It was "the final destination". Now we are all adults and nobody wants to move there. It is still interesting. I would like to go to visit. And I could use my 1 month of payed vacation for that. But that is all. It is just attraction park. U visit, u have fun and then u are glad to go to bed in ur home.
I'm from 1960, also EU and the dream was the American Dream. For some life reasons, it never materialised. Boy, am I glad it didn't. When I was at the 'age' (around the mid eighties) to consider moving, e.g. NY was a warzone, there were students being shot in Ohio, and so on (not that EU was in such a great place either). But now - at a later age - I truly understand what I would have been missing out on ... I Walk 500m to my grocery store, I can take my bike to work, if it's too far I hop on public transport. And society is open and unbiased enough to be able to broaden my horizon without having to resort to YT videos. We actually learn it in school ...Sorry US, I am pretty sure a lot of good things came from you our way, but it certainly was not 'Living'. Peace out.
@@wimve4719 It's the little things isn't it. Not having to worry about the most mundane bullshit like how groceries would take two hours because you have to drive, while you're depending on a car that could stop working anytime. And how you don't have to worry about being fired the next day and rely on savings until you have a new job. Or having to pay to expand your family while it's "good for society" but you're financially punished for decades for raising them properly. Or having to deal with HOA's that complain your grass is too tall, or won't allow you to change your front garden. It really adds up, but it's mostly the smaller things that are showing me the USA isn't for me. Sure I could earn a lot of money if I wanted to. But I would probably be miserable the time during.
I first travelled to the US in 1991 after having lived in Africa, India and the UK for a year after leaving Australia in 1990. It was such a different place back then. Socially, the US was far more moderate; not openly divided along political lines; no newsreaders or TV commentators constantly yammering on about 'left' and 'right', Liberals and Conservatives blah blah blah...... and they were WAY less religious overall. I walked everywhere and met the most marvellous people everywhere I went.
In San Francisco I discovered the meaning of 'cool'; six stunning black men breakdancing to Madonna's Vogue on rollerblades in Golden Gate Park.
Also, you could buy a Big Mac in New York for 99c on Tuesdays.
My daughter was in the US for a year getting her LLM at a university in New York City. Yeah, it was her dream as well until she experienced it. You should have seen how happy she was to return to Sweden!!! 😅 She's got a great career here and no regrets. 😊
Everyone knows. Apart from Americans.
In Denmark we don't have a minimum wage by the goverment, but we have unions that protect the workers
Same in Austria. There is almost no industry that is not represented by trade unions.
In Germany WE have both
He include 20$ for transportation in Australia, he should have kept the 200$ for the car in the US.
I'm guessing he chose not to as the $200 for the car would be hard to calculate how much came from his actual commute and how much was just car usage in general, he was still using the car for other things than work as well after all.
Ah , America, or as i call it, the land of the free to rip each other off... 😅
Isn't 'murica just a fun-farm for the super-rich at this point?
Tipping is very uncommon in Australia. I don't think I have ever tipped anyone, mainly because it isn't asked for. You pay at the counter and no tip is asked for, it's more of a good will thing.
What a concept. Businesses pay for their staff.......
Unions are to strengthen negotiation power of workers
Not all unions are good however. Look at the teacher's.
@@anglosaxon5874teachers unions have to deal with government departments, dealing with private companies would be more do able
@@anglosaxon5874 In Spain the biggest unions are under control of political parties and receive money from government. At the same time, if there are more than one union on sector, companies can choose with whom wants to negotiate; so, imagine how unpopular an ineffective are, in general, unions on my country... But the most balance and richest economies of Europe have very strong and independent unions. On most of them there's no minimum wage because they needn't at all. It is really common to be unionize in every sector. Furthermore, one of the biggest reasons of german industrial power is their union system. If workers are expensive, you need to produce more value and more efficiently. Besides, in bigger companies, union workers have right to vote on company decisions.
unfortunately a fair few unions and union leaders use it to gain money for themselves, some dont but
@@anglosaxon5874 which teacher's union, and where. My ex is a teacher, and I know teacher's unions try to improve the lot of educators here, but in this sector like others, membership therefore strength, is falling. Income is still above the median ($67K), with primary or seconday school teachers earning an average of $95K - $100K AUD per year.
Tipping in the US is a scam companies should pay their employees a decent wage and not rely on the consumer to top up their wages with tips. Tipping has gotten completely out of control and it's the main reason why my friends and myself refuse to holiday or work in America
Having to negotiate your salary with every customer you serve as an employee has always stuck me as a weird way to do wage bargaining.
The reason is unions.
Yeah, EVIL communist anti-freedom organisations, they are just sooo bad, nobody really wants them. At least not if you are correctly brainwashed from the USAian propaganda.
Yes Yes Yes. The workers need to join unions, then they fight for better pay and conditions for them. Wake up American people
Nah, the problem runs much deeper in the US. The problem is legislative and mostly due to legalized corruption/bribery of politicians
In Australia you don't pay any income tax on the first $20,000. Plus he forgot to mention the 10% extra of your wage which goes into your Superannuation Account (Pension)
With family living in several areas of the USA, it is not difficult to compare the costs of living. Considering we are both retired and no longer drive, our main expenses are rent and food. Our apartment is 1650 sq. ft., on the 24th floor of a 44-story building (with a wonderful view of a large portion of Toronto and even the towers and mist at Niagara Falls), with a large eat-in kitchen with fridge, stove and dishwasher, 1 guest toilet with sink and one good-size bathroom with access from the very large master bedroom, as well as access from the hall for the second bedroom (we use the second bedroom as a den ), a very large living room and a very large dining room. For that, we pay CDN$1,950.00 per month with hydro included. The only extra cost is cable. Because of our age and health, we are unable to shop for our food so we have that delivered with us spending CDN$350 to $400 for the two of us per month. We eat well and even include desserts and treats. All our health care, including doctors, hospitals, dental and pharmaceutical are supplied by a combination of the Provincial and Federal Governments. Public transit for seniors is CDN$2.30 including a no-cost 2-hour transfer. Once again, because of our health, we receive absolutely no-cost service anywhere in metropolitan Toronto via private taxi. At absolutely no cost to us, my husband receives twice-weekly in-home assistance with his bathing and grooming requirements and once per week at home with a physiotherapist, all of which would more frequently be supplied should he want it. Our income is strictly from government-paid pension plans and we have money left each month to treat ourselves to the occasional eating-out and the odd lottery ticket. We consider ourselves very well-serviced and a extremely grateful we live in Canada. We often say, if we lived in the USA we would be dead by now because we would not be able to afford even the basics.
Lest anyone thinks that our income taxes are higher than the USA, think again. Just check for yourself and you will discover that our tax rates are lower, except for the rich who pay around the same or slightly more than in the USA. Chimo
Thank you for taking the time to read my comment and giving it a 'like'. Chimo
I'm a police officer in the UK.
When the regulations were written many years back, it was decided that for bank holidays, officers would either have the option to have the day off, or be paid double their usual rate. Of course they still have to have enough officers in to cover the shifts, but generally that's not a problem because plenty of people volunteer to do those shifts for twice their usual rate.
On a bank holiday, at my pay grade after 7 years in the job, if I work a single bank holiday, it pays me £418 for that shift, which equates to £46.44/hour (about USD $55/hour), that shift is usually 9 hours long however depending on the shift you're on you may be off home after 7.5 hours or even 8 hours, that shift may involve being run ragged going from call to call to call, or sitting on a crime scene in a car doing nothing, or at hospital with a prisoner.
Of course let's suppose you go to a griefy call last minute, and end up being off 4 hours late.. well now suddenly that's 13 hours at double rate, which equals £603.72 earnt pre-tax.
I must say $32 AUD starting for a Barista is VERY good even for Australia.
He did say, if I heard it right, it was at the most expensive part of Australia
but you must be really happy, you have Section 43, to search, ID and call every person in the UK a terrorist...
but i wonder how much the blue line people are terrorists...
i heard you hate it also that people have rights, like the US cops do...
and you would do anything to retaliate to someone who knows his rights, by calling him/her a terrorist!
As a Brit, I have never been to the States. My brother lives in Michigan and I seriously do not know why, he's lived there for at least 20 years. About 2 years ago his wife was killed in car crash about 3 weeks after coming over with his wife and 2 daughters for Christmas. He got less than 2 weeks off work (1 week unpaid) to grieve and bury his wife! I was stunned by this lack of compassion. He has a good job as physiotherapist (physical therapist for United Statians!) and lecturer at the University. The States are so focussed on corporate dollars that they don't care about the people who make the money for these businesses.
@@chriswoodside5385 i married in the USA, my FIL ask me to stay in the USA with his only daughter....
so i told him we will live 1 year here in Europe, and if she dont likes it, we will move to the USA....
my PIL visited us 2 years later...
after 1 month in Europe, my FIL told me he will never ask us to come back to the USA, because live here is so much better!
the cousins of my daughter have school shooting training...
my daughter had 2 fire drills, one in the kindergarten and later in elementary school!
@@chriswoodside5385 Terrible. Your brother is probably just locked into a situation. A friend of mine moved to the U.S. in 1999 and eventually his wife returned to the UK after 7 years because she could no longer stand the lack of holiday time and refusal to pay it. He didn't want to leave, so she left him. He is hell bent on the idea of 'becoming a millionaire' (as if no-one ever did that in the UK!).
They are trying to introduce tipping in some places in Australia. They give you the machine to tap and ask "would you like to tip?"? I get great delight in looking directly at them and saying "No.".
How is this new to Ryan?? Its the same everywhere outside the usa
be carefull with saying that or they will compare themself with a 3rd world country so they can say they got freedom and stuff
Australia has a regionally administered, universal public health insurance program (Medicare) that is financed through general tax revenue and a government levy.
Government regulates unhealthy excessive capitalism, unions keep employers in check.
Does it in the US especially?
It should but I don't think it does .
Unless poiticians/parties rely on corporate gifts/donations which sadly affects politics everywhere.
@@gregorygant4242 Not in the US, no. The US used to have strong unions back in the 60s / 70s but it has been eroded and torn down by businesses through Union busting efforts across decades and the Government unfortunately funds the leadership's political campaigns through donations and thus giving the leadership an obligation to pay that favour back to the rich individuals who back them in the form of influence over state / country policy, depending on the level of leadership being talked about.
Love it or hate it but the reality is that the US is run by corporations for corporations.
Pure market capitalism does not take any care of people in low payed jobs. Taxes are needed, progressive even to solve problems of homelessness and other social issues. Also healthcare.
We don't have pure market capitalism anywhere. Capitalism does not take care of people, it takes care of production, so corrections might be needed. Nontheless, this perversion of capitalism that is the often denied to exist neoliberalism, is far worse to most people than pure market capitalism.
@@DenUitvreterlol doesnt even take care of production, just give 99 different cereal flavors but no healthcare
Cost of living might be higher here in Aus, but our wages and employee rights are also way better, so it balances out
"They don't rely on customer tips", yeah, that's how it is in socialist Germany, too. We have minimum wage, and that is MANDATORY. You can't say, "oh, we know there's something like minimum wage, but we'll reduce it for you because, y'know, tips 'n all", that's illegal. If they can't afford to pay minimum wage maybe their business model is wrong. -- Also an advantage for the customer: You tip for good service, but you don't have to.
Public health insurance in Germany is easy: 14.6% of your monthly income, half of which is paid by the employer, so it's 7.3% for you. I'm self-employed, so I pay the total, but it's worth it. Broke a leg, had surgery, 8 days at the hospital, wheelchair and crutches for a while, 100 euros co-pay, that was all. I saw the real bills and, man, couldn't have paid that in a lifetime, not even if I was young again.
First, Germany isn't socialist. Also, In the US your employer usually pays for most of your healthcare too. The cost that you have to pay for hospital bills usually doesn't actually get charged to you. The hospitals just make your bill high for lower taxes when they charge you less. Also, if you don't have insurance they barely make you pay anything. The only major difference is that the insurance isn't provided by the government unless you're low income, in which case its provided for free.
@@epicarwarawrawrawr6663 First, the "socialist" was a joke. Second, in Germany insurance is mandatory for all (exceptions apply), and there is no state insurance but several private companies you can choose from (services and fees vary). Third, if you get unemployed or for other reasons have no income, you'll get supported by the state which pays you a minimal income and also basic health insurance.
There are currently (as of April 2024) 95 major health insurers in Germany according to Google, with a wide variety of options and add-on insurances. I was referring to basic insurance which is provided by all companies for the basic fee, but of course you're free to opt for additional services.
The point I wanted to make is that nobody can be uninsured here because the whole system only works when everybody is. Insurance companies in turn pay VAT and insurance tax (yes, there is such a thing) to the state. That doesn't limit your freedom of choice in any way.
Discussions about insurance regulations and related topics have been in the news since decades, and I have my own point of view on some of them, but that's nothing I would talk about here. It's difficult, and opinions vary, like probably everywhere. All I can try to do here is to describe the situation as it is now, although very much simplified.
In Spain, from 2024 January 1st, compulsory Social Security costs are 28.3% of the salary of all workers!!!!!! 23.6% is paid by the employer and 4.7% by the employee.
But those costs are *NOT* being told when you sign a contract, that's why employers say workers are a burden instead of an asset! Workers just see tiny salaries in their payrolls!
I always had the impression that in the US you just pay so many fees, taxes etc that are not included and that nobody tells you about that really everything feels like a scam. It‘s just so annoying. Whatever you buy/pay for, there is always more.
Been to Aus a few times and things are less expensive there, food and everything compared to the US and the wages are higher in low wage jobs but lower in high pay jobs.
This is similar in most countries in Europe too. It’s def also minimum wage and unions. Workers rights, all that.
I have American, Canadian and European bank accounts. Let me tell you that both the Canadian and US ones cost me the most. There are always fees including once where I had to do a few wire transfers. The American bank wanted to charge me $75 USD per transfer and told me that I had to pay it because the Canadian bank wasn't going to do it for me (aka collusion). I ended up being able to do an online wire transfer to my French bank by myself but I did lose money in the currency exchange. it was still less than what I would have had to pay for the bank doing the transfer themselves. That's what I think of those countries that charge exorbitant fees, they are all greedy crooks.
@@rosiekapun207 75 just for transaction? that’s insane. They truly are greedy. You‘d think that UA Can would be cheaper because they have special relations and such, obviously not.
America Home of the Debt and land of th debt slave
@@MrsStrawhatberry Yeah, it was bizarre to me. Thing is I was out of the country. Yes, had I been inside Canada at the time, I could have just gone into a bank and they probably would have done it for a minimal fee. But since I was outside ( and I am going to assume there is a % of their clients that are overseas that need such a service), they told me there was no other option but to pay the fees. In the end, it was a lie. I could do it through my online account but I ended up losing money by transferring between currencies as a result. Total scam. And it's def a thing between American-Canadian banks because they do it on purpose to help each other not (not the clients). Super frustrating!
@@rosiekapun207 I do transactions when I‘m on vacation from time to time and they don’t even know where I am. I just have to pay a standard fee for SEPA and the currency conversion.
But I mean, how do Banks make money. It has to come from their customers.
I don't need to get rich... just need to pay my rent, electricity and food.
But of course... I'm in socialist Denmark.
Anyway wasn't there someone who calculated the tax-pressure of DK in a way that low income families here actually have more for themselves after tax?
Sure we punish the high income families... but yet the seem to stay..
Taxes are not high unless you make $200 million a year like a sports star, or you have enough investments to pay yourself per month.
If memory serves me correctly.
Denmark is a Social Democracy.
Not a Socialist country.
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Reminds me of our last general election here in Germany. I can't find it anymore because this was years ago but some institution or other did a study calculating projected changes to income tax for different income brackets based on party programmes. Funnily enough, the left of centre (as in German left, not political compass left) parties all had the biggest tax breaks for the majority of the population while the libertarian and conservative parties would have been the best vote only for the rich.
But the trope is that libertarians are good for the economy, so no politician and no one on the news ever talked about this and we voted based on popularity, stereotypes and tabloid news, once again 🙄
@@MellonVegan I used to be leaning center-right in my younger days. And they actually did what they promised. Get the national economy back on track. So, when the 2008 crisis hit, Denmark had basically no debt and plenty on the account to counteract it.
Now I'm a tad older (surprise) and I lean a little more to the left. DK did alright during Covid/Corona but I do feel the government overreacted. My main reason for leaning left is because the right wing got too hostile to immigration...
My own perception of liberty is that if you can fund yourself, pay taxes and so on, come along, all is good. Freedom is also the freedom of movement.
That's also why I'll never become a supporter of neither the very left or right wing.
There must be a reward for having an education or set of skills that society needs, so it's okay if doctors earn more than gardeners. But if we reject doctors at our borders who are we fooling?
I could rant but I'll stop on that note.
But let it be said that I don't understand the US far right being against everything.
@@gerardflynn7382 it is a social democracy, right now we actually have a very center government because of the public vote... neither side is happy... but because we don't do runner-ups... they have to figure out how to make compromises.
Edit: I believe that Eire has a very similar system... doesn't let the slight winner take it all.
@@BenjaminVestergaard
Democracy thrives on compromise. Anyone who cannot make compromises is of no use to democracy
Proportional representation is clearly superior to majority voting
the winner takes it all is clearly showing its vulnerability, especially in the US
the tip culture only benefits the boss never the employees
I used to work in the radio broadcast business and saw this first hand. In the 90's and 2000's a hand full of companies spent millions lobbing politicians to relax or remove laws and regulations that were meant to protect workers and force them to work in the public interest. Then, they bought up as many radio and television station as they could, combined, cut, cut, layed off as many workers off as they could, stripped the properties to the bone, and then, in some cases, sold off the whole pile of s**t they created. The quality of the product collapsed along with ratings. But, they didn't care because their business plan did not depend on producing a quality product. They literally destroyed the radio broadcast business in this country. Mitt Romey's company, Bain Capital, was part of this. That's American business.
Here are the minimum wages under 21 in Australia and how it’s calculated .
Minimum wages for award/agreement free workers aged under 21 are worked out as a percentage of the national minimum. If you are: Under 16, you should get 36.8%, or $8.55 an hour. Aged 16, you should get 47.3%, or $10.98 an hour.
Over 21 minimum wage starts at AUD $23.23 but it doesn’t stop employers paying above minimum wage . Also employers have to pay 11% on top of your salary into a Superannuation Fund of your choice. Superannuation in a retirement fund . If your fund run’s out there’s the public pension .
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Gone back to victorian times, where everything goes back to the owners of the companies.
corporations aim to just pay you sufficient money to just not die, making it "obligatory" to keep working for crappy a pay.
The minimum wage is even lower in the "tip-based" jobs, i think its something about 2.30 or 3.30 bucks .. thats it. You only get less payed as labour slave in prison. Maybe they should even use prisoners as waiters 🤔🤔
But this video is in the end soooo much better than all those videos that just use flat number like : In the US i earn 100.000 bucks per year and in German i only earn 40.000 .. so the US is the best.
heard of a waiter being paid 2.15 usd, in most states a prisoner can earn up to 2.5 usd, in alaska a skilled prisoner can earn 4.9 usd ... so ya less than slaves...
US 100k, Germany 40k, Spain 20k 😭 ... seriously, an engineer, a teacher or a doctor (physician), which are supposed to be good white-collar positions, hardly get 3000€ a month, it's more like 2500€, and a flat rent is already approaching 1000€. A standard blue-collar job, is normally 1500€ a month. Minimum wage has increased 75% in 8 years (a lot!) but it's 1134€ right now.
@@BlackHoleSpain i doubt any1 r payed minimum wage or not may atleast...
a AT-doc makes around 3100€ as a starting salary, and as a regular doctor 4100 (not specialised), when u specialised u can make over 7.5k€/month (7.5k€ is avrage)..
around 90k/year on avrage
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Couple of comments here about the importance of unions in achieving fair working conditions for employees.
What you actually want is a union movement that's entrenched in a governing political party - not just a fringe group with a handful of seats, but a party that is capable of holding a working majority.
America flirted with such an organisation towards the end of the nineteenth century, and even had an eye on what Australia was doing at the time, but the racial and religious divisions in play in society prevented the movement from being electable.
No that is not what we want. Unions hold no political power, they simply negotiate working conditions with industry representatives which lead to contractual agreements that have judicial power behind them and apply industry wide.
That is how unions work pretty much anywhere in the developed world and they work extremely well.
Unions have to be strictly separated from political parties - but they might act as kind of lobbyists for the people.
Unions should Never be part of any political party. It is the very separation of the two that gives unions some power. Before I retired, I'd been a union member and rep (up to national levels) in almost every job I had.
Sad Russian noises here. We've had unions merged with the party for ages, and trust me, you don't want that. It basically equates to not having any unions at all. We do have half-decent labour laws, but any unions that do anything useful now have zero direct presence in the government.
no idea about australia but for europe the awnser is one word....unions.
In Sydney, you can't find an apartment anywhere near the city under $600 per week. Maybe some hovel bedsit with a share bathroom, that would be really slumming it
The australia one is crazy if you need to work 17.15 hours as a barista each week to live we can divide 17,15 by 5 (assuming you want the weekends of) so 17,15 / 5 = 3,43. That means you would only have to work roughly 3 and a half hours a day to live in Australia and this is with no weekend work.
Even more importantly - in Oz he had enough spare money to SPEND, supporting local industry and economy
Thanks for sharing that detail,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, Christ,,,what an image .
These are 2022 numbers of me working minimum wage here in the uk before my health issues. 8.91 per hour, 356.40 per week, 1,425.60 per month, 17,107.20 per year, and thats before taxes...but didn't mind having them deducted and after 30 years paying them and recently spending 3 months in hospital I'm not in debt.
You know how Big Business has been able to manipulate the job market so that they keep you all working just above the breadline? By using the word "socialism" as a hammer to knock you down with and to keep you in line. Australia is a socialist country; Canada is a socialist country; Britain is a socialist country; everywhere in Europe is socialist. It's not a rude word. It's simply a description of a society (where the "soci.." part comes from) which tries to reward hard work but still cares about the health and well-being of the less fortunate among them. You know, all the things Big Business doesn't want to do and doesn't care about.
Sadly, the United Kingdom seems to be becoming less of a socialist country 🖖by the week. 🖖
@@ajhorniman8285 Agreed. That's been the pattern with every Conservative government since Thatcher. Hopefully my countrymen have learned their lesson and the next election, in 6 months maybe, will turn the tide.
But now I'm living in Canada, and I'm worried by the tactics the Conservatives here are using. I'm hoping that my countrymen here have seen what's happened in America and Britain, and have learned enough to push them away.
NONE of this countries is SOCIALIST! Only USSR tried reaching socialism through communism. They fucked up after death of Stalin and let the governing class thirst for capitalism. What you have is capitalism with elements of socialism.
Sadly, for now idea of socialism is dead in the world.
Those are not socialist countries, they just have social programs. They are very much capitalist countries.
Join a union!
Ryan, put this on your Australian posts!!
I’ve got one word for you that explains it: UNION
I´m from Germany and i just did the calculation based on his one for my weekly expenses, here goes:
I have to work 8,87 hrs per week to fill the basic costs. I am working part time, so 30 hrs a week so you can guess what i have left at the end of the week.
We do not normally do payments weekly here, it´s monthly, and that makes roughly 32 hrs per month needed to fill the basics.
At 30 hrs per week, i have nearly 90 hrs of leisure money per month!
Can you link the original video pls.🙏 It's not in the description.
Ryan - The US is 'Corporate Capitalism', NOT Capitalism like they have in Europe, Australia and the UK.
Social (for Society) is NOT being 'Socialist' as a political methodology !!!!!!!!!!
Yes it cost alot to live in Australia, but we get paid alot more to start with. I'll give you some of my cost each week:
Rent: $261 - Don't live in the city, live 180km from Sydney only 2km from the beach
Car: $60 - I own 100% of the car.
Power: $27
Food: $80 - Less if the fishing is good that week.
Cell Phone: $2.50, low data with no limit on call in Australia
Internet: $16.25
Tips paid: $0.00 - If you needs tips to live, you need a real job.
Beer,ect: $0.00 - Don't drink.
I was with you until you said you don't drink 😂 How could one not engage in a pint to wet the appetite
@@Owen7070 I like to know who and what I'm ridding at all times. Some are just nasty and I'm not going on any drunk rides.
Plus things work better when not drunk.
@@Aquarium-Downunder Haha My worst life decisions have come when I've been drunk, so yeah you've got a point lol
What ‼️ How do you survive without🍺🍻🍺❓
Your phone bil is only $2 a week? Damn! I live in the UK and think mine is expencive, I wonder if I can find another carrier, I'm with o2.
GERMAN HERE:
I completed a 3-year vocational training course as a chef in the 80s - with a certificate. And it was the case that there was no compensation or more pay on weekends or public holidays, since restaurants are open normally on such days and there is a lot to do. At some companies, our waitress colleagues and we in the kitchen put the tips in a pot and the boss paid it out weekly. But not everywhere. Some waiters just put the tips in their own pockets and we cooks looked stupid. It was unfair!
I don't know exactly what it is like today, but unfortunately not much has changed.
Greetings from northern Germany ❤
We (Sweden) has no minimum wage, but the Unions are quite strong so in practice we do, I think the wage for say flipping burgers or sweeping bathrom floors is around $13 per hour.
Plus you get 30 days paid vacation, unlimited sick days, paternaty/maternety paid leave of over a year, and you can usually try on a new work and come back if it didn't work out, the company cannot sack you.
Add to that you basically don't pay for health care (except for dental care, for some reason), you don't pay for School including University (you actually get paid).
Let's see, no road taxes (there are some but very rare and not too expensive).
When my ex had her baby, we stayed I think three days at the hospital (yes, both of us), the baby needed some treatment because she was late and had gotten extrements into her system. I don't remember how much I paid, but around $10-20 a day, including food.
When I broke my foot rock climbing, my emloyer paid me for taxi to and from work during the time I was walking with cruthers
Even unskilled work should pay a living wage for a full time job. If you are one 9f those companies claiming you can't be profitable if you pay that, than your company should not exist and your product is not economically viable and funded by abuse.
"People should just stop stop working for that amount of money, but what are you gonna do?" - and half of Europe facepalms. Labor Unions - Brits and the Americans invented those things. Funny that.
They didn't 'invent' them. Certainly not America which just imported the idea with people who moved there. They were already in existence in UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Italy..etc They grew out of trade guilds in the middle ages. There were also guilds in the middle eastern civilisations long before then.
@@baronmeduse you have it right there. I just condensed the the idea to a more buzzing form for muricans. But as of the newer concept of it formed in the 1800's industry workers, by earlier welsh miners example in America, I might add - it became more what is the foundation of modern unions
As far as living is concerned, from the 40 years I spent there, how you deal with expenses in Australia depends on where you are and who you deal with. Some people in some places have to do everything weekly because they get paid weekly. I was being paid fortnightly in Perth and rent was fortnightly too. I know that some have to deal with "Bi-monthly" or monthly but that is a very small number of people in my experience (meaning I might be wrong just never having been exposed to people in that position.)
I live in the Netherlands and just calculated to need 16.4 hours of work to cover living expenses. To be fair, I'm no barista (I work in IT), but I did use my net income in the calculation.
That's how you compare correctly. Simply saying that in the USA you earn one and a half or twice as much as in Europe doesn't do it justice
In Spain most people spend 2/3 of their salaries just to pay the rent! I'm an IT Systems & Networks Technician and my position just gets 28k€ per year.
@@BlackHoleSpain Now I understand why consulting firms in the Netherlands use a lot of people from Spain and Portugal nowadays. That salary is abysmal!
Video link??
that's why you need worker's rights and unions
Some of the larger restaurant chains in the UK have stopped tipping. This is because new laws require all tips to be shared amongst the staff. Tips paid by debit or credit cards when the customer pays the bill are usually kept by the restaurant. When this happens, the staff don't get anything.
In 1994 as a 17 year old i was earning 15.5 usd per Hour, this was in switzerland though…..
Another interesting post Ryan. 👍
You forgot to add the original video in the description!
Actually the minimum wage for tipped employees in the USA is below the minimum wage. It’s $2.13 per hour, not $7.50.
5:52 can someone explain wtf does after tax mean? I hear Americans mention that whenever they talk about money but what tax?!
After tax simply means "nett" and signifies your income after income tax and whatever other taxes or costs are levvied over your gross wage.
The pay you get in your hand (after the employer has taken out tax), so to put it another way, net wage versus gross.
In US they pay taxes themself as i know. So they probably they count tax each time they got peyed in their head. Like i never thing about tax in EU.
@@MsKykcaThis, plus unlike in most European countries, they have a huge number of different taxes and monthly fees, that total to about the same as European average
I work as a tour guide in my country (it is a prestigious job here) I make the same working 12 hours a week as my husband does working a full time office job for an international company.
Do envy you seeing the eclipse!
If you pay your mortgage weekly you save tens of thousands in interest over the term of the loan
Love the outro lol. Hope you enjoyed the eclipse!
Enjoy the eclipse - a momentary illumination of our place in the Cosmos, metaphorically speaking at least.
We have a mimimum and a living wage in the UK. Healthcare is free at the point of use but is paid by our national insurance along with a basic state pension. The minimum wage is set by the government and varies from place to place, for instance London gets a higher wage as higher costs of living. The living wage is a abitrary option where it is more and companies can choose to pay this amount.
The mortgage is not paid weekly. He's just working out what it costs per week!
What you call capitalism, I call systemic indentured servitude...
The "fix" is good, strong unions. Greetings from Denmark.
Australia, as a commonwalth country, does follow a certain set of ideals. you might want, for a better understanding, watch something about the commonwealth.
"That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
We don't pay tips in Australia employers are legally obligated to pay an actual wage to employees
Australian boy might have gotten me, but i live in Germany in the Black Forest and i have pretty much the same expenses as he did in Australia - for 2 people. And that is including one car (company car, so we pay VERY little out of pocket) and public transportation in one of the most expensive public transportation areas in the country (60 bucks per month for an area that you can cross in an hour or so by car). Some expenses we don't have, instead we have other additional expenses, but it all boild down to roughly 1.2 - 1.4 k for 2 people a month. We earn together roughly 3-4k.
I'd also point out that "insurance" in the US usually has a deductible, so if he were unfortunate enough to require serious healthcare, he wouldn't even be able to cover that deductible with the rest of his paycheck-if he kept his job somehow. Most people with medical debt had jobs.
Mortgage and rent are two different things. Rent is usually paid weekly or fortnightly, mortgage is paid monthly. Wages are also usually paid fortnightly. Some bigger companies pay monthly but it's not as usual.
I pay my mortgage fortnightly, and have done so since I got it (and it should be paid of in the next few years!)
Can't hear the video. Turn the volume up, Ryan, please?
I would be questioning how long ago he claims things were that cheap here in Australia..$345 rent?..that's cheap, 1 Bedroom flat/unit is easily over $500 now.
I traveled to the USA IN 2014 and had ball for the month there. Would like to go back to visit however to live there. Why, living here is far better, we have freedom and do a lot more then the USA.
If you live and work in Australia, it’s not expensive, you just use common sense when buying stuff, don’t buy it unless you need it, and then buy the best quality for the lowest price you can find. Wait staff earn $20 per hour so they don’t stress out about tips. Baristas are trained so their pay rate is higher, but age is also a factor based on years of experience. We have laws that govern employers and employees, pay rates for each type of job, and the minimum wage for each type of job. By the time you’re 25, you’re earning an adult wage because it’s assumed you’re married with greater responsibilities. Australia also has paid vacation (4 weeks per annum) and parental leave for both parents(negotiable with employers).
...and all workers, casual, part-time or full-time get superannuation. Most permanent staff (ie non-casuals) also have access to sick leave, which is separate to annual leave and long service leave entitlements...and don't forget most annual leave gets leave loading extras
By the time you are 21 it’s full adult pay - nothing todo with being married !!
@@archer8597 I just researched it. Salaries don’t hit their peak for adults until 30 to 34 years. It used to be 25 but that was back in my day, it has clearly risen since then. “20 years and under: $49,394.80 annually. Workers don't tend to have a salary in the middle until their early thirties with the 30 to 34 group earning an average annual income of $65,500.”
@@Jeni10
I probably misunderstood your comment
Adult pay rates in Australia start at age 21.
That’s from Fair work Australia
I worked payroll in mining industry for many years. Salaries depend on industry qualifications and experience not age
You can be in your 20s and earn over 6 figure salary it’s all relative
@@archer8597 Wow, not when I was in my twenties! I had the same wage u til I turned 25 and then it went to five figures. Admittedly that was in the 70s.
360$ are his WEEKLY expenses? WTF? I get paid 850€ (830$) a MONTH and that's only because I work night shifts! The usual pay is 680€ (660$)... per MONTH!
You're correct. The fix IS "I'm not working for that" .. but not quitting. It requires unionizing and allows for striking.
Striking is NEVER legal where it is really needed. It becomes legal after the strikers win enough times and people realize.. that's how they fight for their rights.
(Btw, US Unions are kind of backwards.. Unions operating as employers is not normal anywhere else.)
Remember, that was calculated assuming 15 USD. That's more than double minimum wage.
Now consider working minimum wage with a car. You're talking what? Around 80 hours a week just to survive? That's absolutely criminal and should be talked about DAILY
Most of the australian expenses that he showed per week are the prices I pay here in Spain per *MONTH* 😮
Mr. Ryan discovering paid holiday
From Wales/UK, i visited las vegas, and i had the bill paper, it said 20% tip!!!!!!!!!!!!! i didnt, because i just spend 5k to get here , and 2k into Las vegas economy. I shouldnt tip , the CEO should pay them. I dont get tipped in the UK so why should i spend money i worked hard for
i have never tipped. How to tip hah
Join a union 👍
Or have laws with reasonable minimum wages.
@@krccmsitp2884 Have a minimum, but join a union to fight for more. In an 8 hour working day, two hours of it represents your earnings. Six hours, is profits to the employer. It's the elephant in the room, during the interview. How much is being made off your labour? They tell you how much you get paid, not how much they make off you. 2:6 ratio is the answer.
Companies don't care how you live, the main thing is that you work.
Society - i.e. all of us and our state - should care.
I'll leave morality, decency, empathy, honesty and compassion out of the equation - We all should care because we all pay for the rest and for the damages if the wages aren't enough to live on. Ok, we could also leave the poorest people to rot in the street. From a vulture's point of view, that probably looks attractive. But we are human beings. This is our country, our politics, our rules. Vote!
Whenever I see these type of videos. Disney's "A Bug's Life" Comes to mind. Cooperations and the "Powers that Be" are the grasshoppers and the regular workers are the ants. People really should protect workers basic rights and needs.
Australia has pretty strong unions that have likely contributed to the "fair go" culture here. The concept of 8 hours work, 8 hours play and 8 hours rest originated in the union movement in Melbourne. There is a monument outside Trades Hall that celebrates this achievement. I suspect that a similar movement in the US would be considered socialist at best and communist at worst.
Employment laws in Australia favour the employee more than the employer. If you work anti-social hours (eg a bartender in the evening), you’ll be paid 1.5x the salary (double on public holidays). That does mean everything seems quite expensive at a surface level, however it also means you’re going to be paid relatively well, so you can afford to save.
In NSW, it is literally impossible to spend more than A$50 in a week for transport (that includes all buses, trains, and ferries), and that’s across the entire state. All transport is free on Sundays as an added bonus. Take a 3 hour train out of Sydney on Sunday, and you can be hiking in the blue mountains, all for zero cost.
Compared to somewhere like London, people live like kings over here 😂
Perhaps Americans need to fight more for their rights. The reason that Australians are better off is that they have always stood up for fairness, especially in the work place. What Australia does NOT need is a rash of Americans coming over to cash in on a way of life so staunchly fought for by us Australians! Go fight to improve the standard of living in your own country!
11:22 also unions. we dont have a minimwage in sweden but everyone has a good salary because its argued through unions and all employers in the country
Things work out so that you have to keep working just to get by. In the US this is pushed to the limit, causing people to work much more hours etc than other places.
We dont tip in uk either because the staff are paid properly.