Statistics
Anime Stats
Days: 60.3
Mean Score:
6.67
- Watching14
- Completed253
- On-Hold6
- Dropped10
- Plan to Watch166
- Total Entries449
- Rewatched73
- Episodes4,239
Manga Stats
Days: 27.5
Mean Score:
5.48
- Total Entries144
- Reread9
- Chapters2,443
- Volumes279
All Comments (117) Comments
Interesting to see Tokyo Ghoul in your favourites. I'm currently reading the manga, and loving it quite a bit more than the anime.
So purchasing power and the Dutch version of the word are literal translations of each other. That's indeed the definition we got with economics as well. I dropped the subject, but actually thought it was quite interesting too. What's with me and broad interests?
Taxes are about 37.5% for anyone with an income lower than (roundabout) €70000. Only if you earn more than that, the taxes on money you earn on top of the €70000, are about 50%. America has a flat tax rate, I think? How would lower tax rates play into the money issue, though? I might be misunderstanding your question here XD
The process around retirement funds is more strict here too. The amount of money that's held back isn't negotiable. I do very much prefer the system here, though.
Wait, if I understand correctly, when you work until the agreed age, you get twice the money you let your employer hold back? Wow.
Also, as a bit of randomness... There's a group chat of people living in the same student complex as me, and I am sure its ridiculous name is only an inside joke. But for some otherworldly reason, it has the same name on Google Maps. -_- This inside joke went way too far XD
The average salary here is around €35k. Converting that, I think that's very similar to the low salary in America you mentioned ($40k). Now, I've tried translation sites for a specific word, but... don't tell me 'purchasing power' is actually correct English. It already sounds stupid in Dutch, but that sounds even weirder. XD
I assumed you could buy pretty much the same in America and the Netherlands for an equal amount of money, until you first mentioned the debts. Could a difference in that regard play a role? Regardless, I can see what you're saying about consumerism being very prominent in America. To some extent, it's a thing here as well, but definitely way less so.
Here, depending on how high it is, a certain portion of your income is held back as gradual repayment (with things like student loans and mortgages, anyway). Do you mean that with doing budgets, or people themselves reserving a certain portion of their income to repay debts?
Thanks, I'll definitely check all of those out at some point - except for the diabolical one. The rest sounds like very fun stuff!