Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer

Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by TMWNN on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @10:52PM (#32491751)

>I’ve been trying to compare an offer in the US and one in Montreal. The raw number for the US blows Canada out of the water, obviously, but adding in healthcare and childcare really starts to close the gap.

The disposable income figure that boc quoted includes things like healthcare.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by mattkrause on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:04AM (#32495776)

You need to look at the adjusted disposable income to include “social transfers in kind”. The US still leads there, but not as dramatically.

Even so, I’m not convinced that these numbers are actually that meaningful. They might tell you how many new Macbooks someone can afford, but do you think the median person’s quality of life is actually 50% worse outside the US? That seems implausible to me!

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