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Originally Posted by Sonist
Huh?
The median household income in the US is in fact rather hight (I believe in Europe only Luxembourg and Switzerland are higher.)
Come up with some other reason....  |
A link from the bottom of your page brought me to;
"In general the United States has some of the highest relative poverty rates among industrialized countries, reflecting both the high median income and high degree of inequality.[4]"
While statistics are fun, they really don't give an accurate picture of what's going on. Just remember, 50% of the people/income/households/businesses/ are below average...
Having just returned from some time in Miami, while traveling by boat around the Intercoastal Waterway gawking at the houses along 'Millionaire's Row,' I was surprised at just how many yachts and houses were up for sale, as well as how many of these yachts had "Federal Marshal's" notices as repos... Even the rich are poor these days!
Why, you can get a $28 million dollar house for the sale price of just $23 million! I'm amazed that I was able to pass up such a deal!
There have to be some other reasons Amazon won't sell outside CONUS for various articles, and it's not just copyright. Not for a jar of Wright's 'Hickory Smoke BBQ seasoning!' I had no difficulty bringing it though Japanese Customs so it's not about import laws either. There are no local manufacturers so it can't be licensing issues...
Amazon simply won't ship it to Japan. They do ship other liquids, other seasonings, other bottles. Curiouser and curiouser!
Stitchawl