Obama--the grumblings

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I guess it's true that things are very differen't in Aus than in the US. for one thing, our minimum wages are a lot higher here, and from what I can tell, are regulated by governments and unions far more stringently. Some US citizens have accused me of living in a nanny state because of these sorts of (what I see as) benefits.

It's all a matter of perspective. Probably hard to compare Australia and the US in any case.

Truce?

Oh sweetie, I wasn't really arguing with you. I just come across as bitchy sometimes when I don't mean it that way. Sorry! (of course, there ARE times when I actually mean to be bitchy... ) I'm just very passionate about a lot of things. I see this as a real injustice in my country. It pisses me off to no end that Congress will vote to give themselves raises every year, but they won't vote to raise the wages of the underclass who voted them into office. Buncha wankers.