chem1st Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 The minimum wage for a person over the age of 22 is £5.80. If you go to Europe, what is the minimum wage of each host country. In France for example, at today's exchange rate, the minimum wage would be £7.54. Why do the French get paid more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike84 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Because that is what the French government thinks is a reasonable amount for the minimum wage in there country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br8inend Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 The minimum wage for a person over the age of 22 is £5.80. If you go to Europe, what is the minimum wage of each host country. In France for example, at today's exchange rate, the minimum wage would be £7.54. Why do the French get paid more? Because the french had a revolution 200 years ago. Before the revolution , the rich got richer, the poor got poorer. The rich greedy aristocrats squeezed the people to breaking point thus leading to an uprising that made france the republic which we see today. They also have more holidays and work less hours. In this country a couple with 2 children would have to both work 60 hours a week on the minimum wage just to reach the poverty line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchist Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 The minimum wage for a person over the age of 22 is £5.80. If you go to Europe, what is the minimum wage of each host country. In France for example, at today's exchange rate, the minimum wage would be £7.54. Why do the French get paid more? In Macedonia the government will provide you with an English speaking workforce at the rate of 420 Euros per worker per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Matt] Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 The minimum wage for a person over the age of 22 is £5.80. If you go to Europe, what is the minimum wage of each host country. In France for example, at today's exchange rate, the minimum wage would be £7.54. Why do the French get paid more? Because the French pay far more tax than us in order to pay for their socialist policies and therefore need a higher wage to compensate... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Income_Taxes_By_Country.svg What this amounts to is that they're ultimately no better off financially as their purchasing power parity is roughly the same as ours. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br8inend Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 ;6178393']Because the French pay far more tax than us in order to pay for their socialist policies and therefore need a higher wage to compensate... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Income_Taxes_By_Country.svg What this amounts to is that they're ultimately no better off financially as their purchasing power parity is roughly the same as ours. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita That link does not show the hidden taxes which this country seems to revel in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Matt] Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 That link does not show the hidden taxes which this country seems to revel in.The upper 2 may not but the Purchasing power parity link certainly does factor this in... They still pay more tax than us ultimately and are left with a similar amount of cash in their pockets at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 That link does not show the hidden taxes which this country seems to revel in.List the UK ones, and I will linky you to their equivalent in France. That's a promise PS - start by cross-checking here and here (this one in French, so get your BabelFish handy)if you please, I'll look up the Code des Impots for those not included. Le taux global de prélèvement social et fiscal sur le salaire moyen atteignait en 2005 71,3 % du salaire brut, soit le taux le plus élevé de l'OCDE"The global rate of social and tax contributions on the average wage in 2005 reached 71.3% of a gross wage, amounting to the highest rate within the OECD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br8inend Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 List the UK ones, and I will linky you to their equivalent in France. That's a promise PS - start by cross-checking here and here (this one in French, so get your BabelFish handy)if you please, I'll look up the Code des Impots for those not included. "The global rate of social and tax contributions on the average wage in 2005 reached 71.3% of a gross wage, amounting to the highest rate within the OECD" T.v. License ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 T.v. License ?Your wish is my command: I present to you, the redevance audiovisuelle (recently renamed "Contribution à l’audiovisuel public"). Currently €118 (so about £110) per year, per household. Only contributes to State-owned TV and radio channels (which, unlike the BBC here, have as much advert breaks as commercial channels!) Note the website is that of the French Inland Revenue/Tax Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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