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Offline Cataclysm

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Useful stats
« on: April 12, 2012, 12:28:17 pm »
This is going to be similar to the protest signs/political cartoons thread, but insteas we're posting useful statistice we can use.

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« Last Edit: April 15, 2012, 07:26:44 pm by Lexikon »
I'd be more sympathetic if people here didn't act like they knew what they were saying when they were saying something very much wrong.

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Re: Useful stats
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2012, 02:58:32 pm »
Health Care Spending 2007 graph

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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2012, 02:40:57 am »
Also, this



From TIME:


I'd be more sympathetic if people here didn't act like they knew what they were saying when they were saying something very much wrong.

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Re: Useful stats
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2012, 02:50:42 am »

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Re: Useful stats
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2012, 04:48:27 pm »

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Re: Useful stats
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2012, 07:28:16 am »
This is for those racists who argue that it is about Greek culture:
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS

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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2012, 07:54:09 am »
VirtualStranger: I don't understand how that graph works.


Largeham: What is that graph supposed to prove? The only complaints that I've heard about the Greek are:

a) They cheat on their tax reports.
b) Corruption: If you want anything done you have to pass "Brown envelopes." Even the doctors have to be paid extra "off the records" if you have an appointment.
c) Goverment employees had those weird bonuses for just coming to work.

I haven't heard anyone complaining that the Greek aren't working.
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« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2012, 09:22:13 am »
VirtualStranger: I don't understand how that graph works.

On the left, you have how much each country spends on health care per person, and on the right you have the average life expectancy.  The lines go from the country's health care spending to their life expectancy.  Of those on the graph, the US spends far more on health care than other countries with relatively little (in terms of life expectancy) to show for it.
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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2012, 09:54:20 am »
Ah. Now it makes sense.
No matter what happens, no matter what my last words may end up being, I want everyone to claim that they were:
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2012, 12:34:57 pm »
http://fstdt.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=pg&thread=9970&page=51#351015
Post by the sandman on the old forum, regarding the rich-poor gap in the US.
That said, I've stopped trying to anticipate what people around here want a while ago, I've found it makes things smoother.
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« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2012, 07:26:18 pm »
I'd be more sympathetic if people here didn't act like they knew what they were saying when they were saying something very much wrong.

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Re: Useful stats
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2012, 09:11:53 pm »
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« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2012, 07:41:16 am »
I haven't heard anyone complaining that the Greek aren't working.

I have :(

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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2012, 10:32:07 pm »
I guess we should start to convince women to get better education degrees, work full time, and harder jobs.

And another thing:



Wages are per hour.
« Last Edit: October 26, 2012, 09:47:31 pm by Cataclysm »
I'd be more sympathetic if people here didn't act like they knew what they were saying when they were saying something very much wrong.

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Commenter Brendan Rizzo is an American (still living there) who really, really hates America. He used to make posts defending his country from anti-American attacks but got fed up with it all.