Taxing Poll Riot

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Jul 28 2007 05:01
Taxing Poll Riot

The current poll (how much do libcom readers earn per year) is completely f*ed.

Exchange rate is not the same as what what money buys in a country. For example a pint of beer costs US$4 in Portland, USA. That doesn't mean a pint of beer costs 2 quid in the UK.

For the most part, in industrialized countries, wages buy roughly equivilent amounts. That is, a worker tends to get as much for their Aus/Ca/NZ/US$ as they do for a UK Pound , Yen or Euro (at least in the core countries). For example a kilo of Grapes are discounted this week to £1.99 at the Co-operative Stores in the UK. At my local Fred Meyer Grocery, the cost is 99¢ per pound. Roughly the same.

BTW: which dollar is the poll referencing? Why no Euro?

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Jul 28 2007 08:55

Hi fnbrill,

Yeah you're right about the £/$ stuff.

I think no Euro because 1. we have lots of Americans 2. Wages, GDP etc. are often converted in to US$ internationally.

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Jason Cortez
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Jul 28 2007 10:19

No, surely we don't really give a f*ck what foreignners earn.

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Jul 28 2007 11:36
Mike Harman wrote:
Hi fnbrill,

Yeah you're right about the £/$ stuff.

Yeah, it doesn't really work. Cost of living, and so wages are much higher in the UK, though in real terms can be lower than the US. We thought we'd try it though.

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I think no Euro because 1. we have lots of Americans 2. Wages, GDP etc. are often converted in to US$ internationally.

Yeah

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Jul 28 2007 14:03

Also euros look like monopoly money so you can't really take them seriously.

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Jul 28 2007 17:00
Tommy Ascaso wrote:
A pint of beer does cost £2 in most places in the UK though.

no it doesn't.

it cost minimum 2.50 unless its on offer or your in a samuel smiths.

A lot of places are more like 2.70 or £3 now.

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Jul 28 2007 17:36

there's a world outside of london mate, i got a round in with change from a fiver in leicester. it was like communism-lite.

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Jul 28 2007 17:46

1.70 a pint in my old local back home. The first pint I bought in there was 70p. Absolutely twatted on a fiver. Them was the days. smile

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Jul 28 2007 17:49

.... in fact, I was in a (non-Wetherspoons) pub in Catford with oisleep & Jack, and their cheapest was 1.50. It was like the wild west in there, like. grin

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Jul 28 2007 19:54

Actually, a pint of beer was a poor choice as I knew that beer is one of the few exceptions to the $1/1£ rule. Don't know why I picked it out as an example. Candy is another exception - UK being both cheaper and better.

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Jul 28 2007 21:33

There goes my dyslexia, I thought this was going to be about the poll Tax rebellion...

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Jul 28 2007 21:40
rebelworker wrote:
There goes my dyslexia, I thought this was going to be about the poll Tax rebellion...

I think it was a clever play on words...

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Jul 28 2007 21:44

it's atleast 2.50 a pint in N.Ireland unless you go to a shitty wetherspoons or a social club.

today I was pleasantly shocked to get two pints for 4 quid, though it was in the Glentoran FC club bar.