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Originally Posted by -c-
Jesus H Popsicles!
That's crazy!
Yea the i3 incentives here are pretty crazy!
I know locally some lease deals at least when I was in the market they where 1k down and $99 dollars a month.
And the dealers are selling used ones for around 13 to 16k with 30k miles with a 5 year unlimited milage CPO warranty.
Pretty crazy indeed.
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Well, we live in two very different economies.
I had a job that took me around the world for 10 years, I have been in the US a few times as well, so I have seen how different things are around the world.
Cars are not the only expensive thing.
Go to McDonalds and a Big Mac combo will set you back $15, $20 if you supersize it.
A single can of Coke is $2,5 in the supermarket, same is a Snickers bar.
A gallon of fuel is $7
Norway is a "socialist" country. Among other things, it means that the wages are quite equal, or the gap between the lowest paid and the highest paid is relatively low.
A waitress or a cashier in a supermarket will make $25-40.000 a year, so no need to live off tipping or having several jobs, a nurse will make $40-50.000.
The average annual wage in the country was $64.000 in 2020.
On the flip side, CEO's are paid far less than in the US.
The highest paid CEO's on the country are paid $2-2,5M, not $20-30-40M as in the US.
I don't care what you do, No-one! is worth 20 million dollars a year.
Even our Prime Minister is paid "just" $160.000 a year.
We also have a lot of taxes, everything you buy is taxed 25%.
Typical income tax is 30-48% depending on income.
So if you make $100.000 a year, the government will take around $40.000 of them.
But we also have benefits, like free health care, schools up through college is free for all and universities cost $200 a semester. We also have very good social benefits.
If I loose my job, I would get unemployment benefits, based off my income, of $2800 a month for 2 years. If I get injured, I will get benefits and be able to take education to change my profession in order to get a job where my injury will not matter.
So yes, everything here is, from an outsider perspective, crazy expensive, but our wages are higher which kind of equal things out.
As I said, two completely different economic worlds.