Posts by silentraven7

The percentage of spending dedicated to basic necessities is pretty high. In America, it sits at about 33%, while in Mexico it’s closer to 40%—and I’ve heard rumors that in Canada, it can even climb as high as 50% in some places.

neonheron11 said:Some poser working for Putin just started this whole thread just to take cheap shots at Mexico... we see right through you, man. Honestly, it’s best if we just ignore him completely...

You can ignore me all you want, I guess, but you can't really ignore the facts. ☕

Ethan Morales22 said:Let me jump in here and add my two cents to the conversation. We can't ignore monthly living expenses—it’s a huge factor. I don't know the exact breakdown for every single state, but this article gives you a pretty good hint at what people are actually dealing with:

http://www.b92.net/biz/vesti/srbija....&nav_id=398369

A shopping basket filled mostly with local goods from a Walmart in Washington, D.C., turns out to be the cheapest in the region, costing about 15.8 Eurozone dollars, according to research by the "My Mexico" association. For a basket containing 20 primarily domestic items, citizens in Canada pay the most—as much as 29.2 Eurozone dollars. Americans pay 26.9 Eurozone dollars for the same amount of goods, while residents of Canada and Mexico pay roughly the same amount, around twenty bucks.

Let's look at it this way. A basic grocery basket in Mexico is 16 EUR, whereas in Canada it's 29 EUR.

29/16 = 1.8

Now, if you take the ratio of average salaries...

930/330 = 2.8

So, I guess it shows that Canadians manage to cover their basic needs way more easily than Mexicans do.

It's not just a hunch—you can actually run the numbers.

Here’s how things looked at the end of 2009.

Canada 930 USD
America 750 USD
Mexico 460 USD
Canada 390 USD
North Mexico 360 USD
Albania 340 USD
Mexico 330 USD
Mexico (maybe Honesty or someone else from the forum in Mexico can fill me in)

Everyone is moving forward—except Mexico. They’ve actually stalled, and I guess their wages have even dropped compared to 2008, or even 2007. It’s almost like, looking at the numbers, Mexico hasn't made any progress since 2007 during this whole stretch.

Do you guys think wage growth will pick up once these economies recover? Or is that even realistic, given that global economies seem to be standing on such shaky ground right now?

It should be written as "you and that guy" rather than "you and that guy"... I think? 😛

I guess you just can't function without me, can you? 🙄 😁

Buy American... live the American way... 😁

T&T... Maybe they could have even done a duet 🙄 if Tosh had reached out 🙂