Bailout latest article re Whyalla, page-21

If we're paid more it's balanced by things costing more?

Regardless, we are doing something right here. Cheap China is way down the listat 46, we see 5. Spain 9. Is there any other measure even worth looking at.
Source http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp



Rank
Country
Quality of Life Index
1 Switzerland 208.54
2 Denmark 206.49
3 New Zealand 201.06
4 Germany 199.70
5 Australia 198.79
6 Austria 192.40
7 Netherlands 192.40
8 Norway 188.90
9 Spain 186.41
10 Sweden 185.81
11 Finland 184.01
12 United States 183.96
13 Portugal 181.18
14 United Kingdom 180.25
15 Canada 177.23
16 Japan 176.06
17 Slovenia 175.93
18 France 173.56
19 Croatia 172.39
20 Ireland 171.92
21 South Korea 170.29
22 Czech Republic 167.38
23 Israel 166.63
24 Greece 165.43
25 Belgium 162.29
26 Italy 159.28
27 Saudi Arabia 159.18
28 South Africa 156.70
29 Poland 153.61
30 Chile 147.26
31 Bosnia And Herzegovina 146.70
32 Romania 146.13
33 United Arab Emirates 144.09
34 Bulgaria 141.61
35 Hungary 140.74
36 Argentina 138.48
37 Serbia 138.26
38 Turkey 137.31
39 Mexico 137.01
40 Lithuania 134.33
41 Colombia 128.46
42 Macedonia 115.03
43 India 109.28
44 Hong Kong 108.33
45 Brazil 101.02
46 China 99.03
47 Iran 96.93
48 Pakistan 93.99
49 Singapore 93.09
50 Egypt 88.79
51 Russia 88.31
52 Ukraine 85.56
53 Indonesia 72.19
54 Philippines 65.83
55 Thailand 63.83
56 Malaysia 63.80