I’m sure Russia will welcome you with open arms and ship you to Ukraine. The opportunity costs of those benefits, if even true, I may very well not be worth it.Why the heck is it so hard to believe that the price of groceries in russia is so inexpensive and ours is so high? Why is it difficult to see that their standard of living may be higher? You are thinking in terms taught in the 50's and 60's. Much has changed:
1) russia is more capitalistic today
2) russia has low taxes
3) russia produces basic materials the world needs, oil, natural gas, precious metals
4) the war in ukraine is great for their economy, the price of oil and natural gas has gone up substantially
5) russia is in deep with gold and a gold standard currency.
I am not pro russia or putin, but our gov't and banking "leaders" are power hungry incompetant morons, that's why we're suffering.
"They" want you to believe russia's economy is doing badly, so that you believe victory in ukraine is just around the corner and they can continue this moronic war and give billions to ukraine.
Why is it so hard to see the price of groceries is completely relative? If the average person in country A makes 100 widgets a week and pays 50 a week for groceries… then in country B they make 1000 thingymajigs a week and pay 250 a week for groceries… Whose groceries are cheaper? This is the comparison one must make. There is more to it than simple price. Without that info it’s a useless comparison.