Hi Foxy,

I may not have told you, but my Great Granduncle Thaddeus caught a very severe dose of Kudos 19 during the 1919 pandemic. Fortunately for Uncle Thaddeus the world renowned expert on Kudos, Professor Nincompoop, had developed a Kudos 19 vaccine, which was delivered to Uncle Thaddeus by a 2 gallon suppositery up his rear clackker. Side effects for Uncle were minimal, other that the fact he now takes meals through a straw inserted in his left ear, and the fact he can't stop flatulating whilst constantly humming Yankee Doodle Dandy, things are normal for Uncle.

Pauliar,

Once again you have bugger all backing for the stream of bollocks you are pulling from your arse.

In China, the "compulsory" unemployment benefits are essentially 1-month pay per year worked, which seems only to work for large companies, not the small companies that close leaving employees with nothing.

Similarly, the "legislated" workweek is 40hrs but is never enforced with most IT companies having a compulsory 72 hr work week.

"In December 2021, the surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas of China ranged at 5.1 per cent, slightly up from 5.0 per cent in the previous month. Due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the surveyed unemployment rate had risen to 6.2 per cent in February 2020."

And this doesn't cover the underemployed with many graduates scraping by delivering food and goods.

The average income in China is about 2x that of India not 5x and China has also had $ trillions invested in its economy yet has an average income of 1/2 that of Taiwan or South Korea.

China has little to no free health care and little to no government pension

shonky,

According to World Data, China's monthly average income is $879, India $160. That see the average Chinese earning 5.5 times the average Indian. Simmilar countries coming off a similar base. As for the rest of your post, mostly conjecture on your part, no hard evidence, just Yankee hearsay.

Pray tell what is social security like in India? Down the well with a dead goat.

Dear Paul,

You made me spill my coffee reading about your uncle!
Loved the story! You're a talented writer!
More please.

Ah yes Foxy,

Great Granduncle Thaddeus, Great Grandma's brother, twice removed, he came back both times! Yes Uncle Thaddeus is close to all our wallets, unfortunately.

We have been considering placing Uncle into the 'Shady Pines Retirement Home' where many of our Forum lads reside. I called in there just the other day to check the place out. Met Nursey, four foot six and three hundred pounds, such a sweet woman. I enquired about the meals at Shady Pines, Nursey said; "Those without teeth get a soft boiled coconut for breakfast, those with teeth get a hard boiled coconut. Lunch is a bowl of Gruel, with two big spoons of 'Relax-A-Max'. I said; "Why 'Relax-A-Max?"....Nursey said: "We don't want the inmates hyperventilating in the afternoons...They can do that in the mornings, saves on activities."..."Tonight's chop night" I said that sounds delicious"..."Yes" said Nursey; "Cookie chops up whatever he can catch in the kitchen...saves on pest control."
Nursey asked; "How old is this old fella..."109" I said..."Well he'll be in the Cemeterian Block". I said; " You mean the Centerian Block"...."Nah, the Cemeterian Block, its right next to the cemetery, we won't have far to cart the old bloke shortly"...I thought; "How thoughtful of Nursey".

Yes, Shady Pines Retirement Home looks perfect for Great Granduncle Thaddeus...AND ITS CHEAP!

Pauliar,

For starters, the same website you quote shows China with a 5% unemployment rate which seems to match just about every other website and also what I quoted.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/india-placed-72nd-on-global-list-with-average-monthly-wage-of-rs-32800-report/articleshow/77806437.cms

"New Delhi: India has been ranked a lowly 72nd among 106 countries in terms of the average wage per month, while Switzerland topped the chart, according to a global ranking of average wages prepared by Picodi.com. With an average monthly wage of Rs 32,800 (USD 437),"