tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030144909492747445.post270531432354600245..comments2023-03-30T13:50:04.521+03:00Comments on American Russia Observations: Surprising $$$ Statistics about the USA and Russia!Rob MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17050545070418063352noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030144909492747445.post-38188115398388368522011-09-22T02:07:49.588+04:002011-09-22T02:07:49.588+04:00Many russians move to Germany to get into their so...Many russians move to Germany to get into their social benefits and then remain total leeches on society for the rest of their life. they don't want much, just to get by worry-free. I despise this way of life. If one has nothing to contribute to their new-found countrythey should not move.<br />With all that said, the main reason why i moved out was corruption. It is not a shortcoming of Russian reality. It's cancer that will rot the country from inside out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030144909492747445.post-79349931309168564522011-08-26T15:26:18.708+04:002011-08-26T15:26:18.708+04:00Hi Anonymous!
Thanks for commenting.
There'...Hi Anonymous! <br /><br />Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />There's no worthwhile unemployment benefits and little compassion for the poor. <br /><br />You have to be alert for bad food handling as many regulators hold a position but do not employ their power with zeal, some just looking for kickbacks.<br /><br />The individual has to be his own food cop and be extra resourceful when hard times hit.<br /><br />But a lot depends where you shop and how alert you are.Rob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050545070418063352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030144909492747445.post-25854050684331751372011-07-28T19:08:50.924+04:002011-07-28T19:08:50.924+04:00Hi everyone!
I can say that, if you loose your job...Hi everyone!<br />I can say that, if you loose your job in Russia, you can die of hunger. You'll don't get any help from government. Yes, maybe you can use for free our badly medicine, but you don't get a food for free, or free electric and water for your home, or clothes, or something else. <br />And what I can say about food. At our food-store we can found frozen fish and meat with the smell of rotting when we unfreeze it. And also we have a total cheating with expiration date. In a simple word the foods in Russia are bad. Sorry for my horrible and broken English. :) I was starting to learn it for escape from Russia with my wife and daughter. Because. When I'll go to retire, then I’ll starting to get about 300$/month from my government, and I also to kept my bills to housing (condo) about 200$/month. <br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030144909492747445.post-86472557346746264712011-03-10T12:31:35.110+03:002011-03-10T12:31:35.110+03:00Thanks Anonymous,
You see the way things are goin...Thanks Anonymous,<br /><br />You see the way things are going in both the USA and Russia. America has ruined it's balance sheet with foreign wars and interventions since Vietnam. Russia was able to start fresh after '97 with a disciplined, and generally peaceful, foreign and domestic policy.<br /><br />Whether the USA will fall through the thaw of a meltdown is uncertain. I advocate closing all foreign bases, and shuttering the Federal Reserve.Rob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050545070418063352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030144909492747445.post-69266958004025454712011-03-10T12:24:11.547+03:002011-03-10T12:24:11.547+03:00Hi Margo,
Americans have mortgages, taxes from ma...Hi Margo,<br /><br />Americans have mortgages, taxes from many sides, save for their children's college, suffer expensive car insurance, outrageous pharmacy costs, large hospital and medical bills with expensive and inadequate insurance, child support, the list goes on. <br /><br />In Russia many middle aged have no mortgage (inherited or given their apartment), 13% flat tax, may or may not have car insurance, relatively cheap pharmacy bills, free hospitalization, moderate medical and dental cost, and probably don't pay child support, and doesn't pay much of his tax liability. But Russians have a stressful life in exchange for many shortcomings and the corruption of society.<br /><br />This economic crisis which the world is struggling with affected Russia. Many small businesses were crushed, and the government doesn't care or know how to help little enterprises. So, many people are not willing to take a risk now. Corruption takes morale and energy from a nation.Rob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050545070418063352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030144909492747445.post-18330627533808586752011-03-03T22:40:30.542+03:002011-03-03T22:40:30.542+03:00The issue is not about how things are at this pres...The issue is not about how things are at this present snapshot in time, but rather the direction and speed at which they are moving. There is no doubt that America is rapidly deteriorating in any measure one chooses to measure (cost of living, employment opportunities, affordability of health care, educational standards, etc.) While there is no question that Russia has problems in these areas, things are gradually improving, which is very different from the American situation that now stands on the brink of a total meltdown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030144909492747445.post-49957252358039612362011-02-28T18:46:08.436+03:002011-02-28T18:46:08.436+03:00I think the definition of middle class in the US i...I think the definition of middle class in the US is "one paycheck from disaster". If I were to become too ill to work, or have an accident, or otherwise be unable to to bring in my monthly income, it would take only a month to begin to lose our comfortable life. If I cannot pay insurance premiums, I lose health, auto, home and life insurances. Without those I cannot legally drive, cannot afford to see a doctor, and my home is at risk. Like most of the 'middle class', once I am a couple of months behind in my bills, there is almost no way to catch up again as the monthly income barely covers the monthly expenses, with little left over to save. Even with two household incomes, it can be difficult to make ends meet. To dream about retirement or travel, or having a 'life' outside of working... being middle class in America is slogging along the rainbow, with only a faint hope of a pot of gold at the end. However, that faint hope that one will somehow bridge the chasm and become one of the 'rich' keeps many of the middle class going, eternally striving to find the bridge, working a little harder, a little smarter, looking for shortcuts, never giving up.<br /><br />What I have observed about my Russian friends is little of hope for something better. One young friend, when I proposed different ideas for making money (in Russia) was reluctant to even try anything new. He said "Why should I work so hard to start something? Someone will just come along and steal it from me." His mother's sole purpose in life seems to be to make sure her son gets a good education, and a ticket out of Russia. Is there hope within the middle class in Russia?Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036847677483699511noreply@blogger.com