Author Topic: Politics! Amerca good, Syria bad! (Read 344 times)

miko2d · « **on:** January 08, 2004, 01:34:08 PM »

American poor live better in many respects than average people in most developed countries.

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But if poverty means lacking nutritious food, adequate warm housing, and clothing for a family, relatively few of the 35 million people identified as being "in poverty" by the Census Bureau could be characterized as poor

MAHER ARAR: This is What They Did to Me

The story of a Canadian citizen kidnapped from an airport where he was changing planes on the way to Montreal and sent to Syria where he was tortured for 10 months.

miko

Boroda · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2004, 01:56:33 PM »

Miko, I am 31 now, and I own a private apartment of 3 rooms, but I don't have any debts and don't have to pay any credits.

From this point of view I live better then the majority of American citizens.

Does it make sence?

Gyro/T69 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2004, 02:15:42 PM »

Miko, if you get the chance, read John Steinbech’s book, Grapes of Wrath. That was poverty. My parents grew up during the depression and while they didn’t have it as bad as the “Okies”. It wasn’t any cakewalk.

Fishu · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2004, 02:23:58 PM »

Cellphone 26.6%? only?
Finns can beat that by 200% or so

Maniac · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2004, 02:26:47 PM »

In Sweden the 7-8 year olds get their own mobile phone...

And they arent happy with having a phone only... They want a CAMERA phone! LOL!spoiled brats!

Tarmac · « **Reply #5 on:** January 08, 2004, 02:26:53 PM »

75% of Finnish poor people own cell phones? What do you have, some kind of cell phone welfare?

Maniac · « **Reply #6 on:** January 08, 2004, 02:27:32 PM »

We got Ericsson vs Nokia over here

miko2d · « **Reply #7 on:** January 08, 2004, 03:05:42 PM »

Guys,

The chart that is posted here only reflects the living conditions of 35 million americans officially designated as "poor".

miko

Staga · « **Reply #8 on:** January 08, 2004, 03:18:15 PM »

Tarmac I believe the reason is our call fares are pretty low if compared to some another countries.
Monthly fare is about 5€ and calling from the phone costs 12-15cents per min.

Tarmac · « **Reply #9 on:** January 08, 2004, 04:30:51 PM »

Damn, I pay $44 a month for 300 anytime minutes and unlimited nights and weekends.

Do they have different pricing schemes over there based on time of day and day of the week?

Staga · « **Reply #10 on:** January 08, 2004, 05:28:07 PM »

Few different concepts for different needs: Some are cheaper if you use your GSM in the evenings and weekends but then you pay more for the daytime calls.

Actually I pay even less than those rates; I have a Sonera's (phone company) "Amigo" and I pay much less when I call to another Sonera's phones. They quit selling those cards several years ago but I decided to keep mine.(4.88€/month + 9cents/min).
It's only single freq card (no DualBand) and I was going to change it to newer card but the salesman told me to keep it; I wouldn't get cheaper rates from any operator...

Anyway the 5€/month + 15cents/min is pretty close the average cost of using GSM-phones here.

Oh I also have GPRS data connected; monthly fee 18€ and it includes 100mb of GPRS transfers. I can surf in the web in everywhere in here from helsinki to most northern point of our country by using cellphone as a modem thought speed is only about 15kbps uplink /40kbps download.