"Cindi - HappyMamatoThree" > wrote in
et:


> judgement on a single person's experience. Though I have to agree,
> there is a huge gap in pay from job to job here in the U.S.


With people relying on tips to live. That sucks.


> Some
> fields pay an exorbitant amount for the job done, while those who are
> toiling every day in physical jobs make pennies.


Which is why we have a very good wage system over here. If someone tries
to diddle the workers, they're up the creek.


>
> We learn to live with what we have though. Even if we do need a little
> help from outside sometimes.


The poor old age pensioners over here are the worst off. They have to
try and survive on about $300pw.


> Being a single mom with a deadbeat ex was
> vary hard because I had to either work a job that my schedule met that
> of my children, or pay for childcare which saps a paycheck.


I was a single dad with a deadbeat ex :-)

But I was fortunate enough to have been retired at age 33, so I could
look after the kids myself.

Childcare is a *huge* issue over here, it costs a bloody fortune!!


>Just
> saying, every situation is so different, it's like comparing apples
> and turnips.
>


No matter what situation you have over there, we have the same or
similar over here....... except for the wage issue.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Wars begin where you will...
but they do not end where you please.

Machiavelli