Fair enough, your disposable income simply doesn't matter much right?

No one said it didn't, just that it's not a strong measure of quality of life.

The size of your living quarters, also irrelevant. That comfort of a temperature controlled environment doesn't matter after all, you can just tough it out even if 3,000 of you drop dead every time there's a warm week, only the elderly mostly, and what are you supposed to do about the weather anyway. And sure, the consultations are free, the prescriptions are free, the appointments are free, so what if you get cancer and you'll likely die from it, at least the bill never came.

Why do you think I didn't include those in my comment?

Gas prices nearly twice what we pay but driving's bad for the climate anyway, really your government is helping you be greener whether you asked or not.

I also didn't include gas prices, but I'm not sure they strongly correlate with quality of life either. In a country where most things are far closer, and public transit is actually worth it, gas prices become less relevant, I bet.

Thirty arrests a day for tweets is a fair price for civility. Beats living somewhere people can just say what they think. And

Didn't include that either.

And really, what does the disposable income gap matter when the holidays are statutory. Twenty eight days off a year is brilliant, doesn't matter that the flight is out of reach, the gas for the drive is out of reach, that nice meal at the end of it is out of reach, the holiday itself is what counts, on the books, in writing, guaranteed.

I know you're being sarcastic, but this is kinda correct? I bet it's probably better for people's mental health to have 28 guaranteed days off, but spent on smaller vacations, than to fight for 10 days and force your amazing vacation to Disney Land into those days.

Same with the coverage, universal on paper, that's the important part. Same with the schooling, longest in the developed world, top marks for hours logged.

What do you mean by "universal on paper"? Do you think it's secretly not?

It's just managed decline, you understand. Who cares about GDP?

If you couldn't live in the USA, would you move to China with their glorious second place in GDP? What about India, number 6?