Andre, thank you. Very infomative. Not too far out of line for the basics I mentioned. I've been impressed with almost everything I've heard about Brazil. Is your "IRS" actually a part of the Government; or as ours, an independent, private, pseudo governmental organization with governmental clout? I suspect not. My apologies to the list for not taking this off-line, but I thought others might be similarly curious. Please don't extend this thread any longer on the list.
Thanks, Joe Wilkins On Feb 6, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Hi Joe, > > Price varies wildly. I am on a medium city 20 minutes from Rio, I live > on the prime part of it, so I pay more than people who live 1 hour > away from me, a lot more. > > A milk bottle with 1 liter will cost you about about USD 1,50 > > A pack of sliced bread will cost about USD 2,00 > > We pay heavy taxes, about 60%.for imported eletronics. The Brazilian > IRS takes about 30% of my income. we have free schools and free > healthcare. But people from Class B and up will have private > healthcare plans and will go to private high schools because they are > better. Public university is better than private one. The whole > country takes exams once a year to qualify for entrance, it is very > difficult. > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepe...@cox.net> wrote: >> Andre, for perspective: how much do basics such as bread and milk cost in >> Brazil? >> >> Thanks, Joe Wilkins >> >> On Feb 6, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately, here in Brazil there are a lot of Android 2.1 devices. >>> They are still popular because they are extremely cheap. >>> >>> Brazilian cheap is not the same as U.S. or Europe cheap. For example >>> the iPhone 4 here costs 1000 USD with a contract, I don't want to >>> think what it would cost without a contract. So, by making Android 2.1 >>> device available for USD 200, the carriers make sure they reach what >>> we call class C and D, class A is rich, class B is middle. >>> >>> Remember that Brazil has the most wide spread usage of mobile phones >>> in the whole world. Homeless people here living on the slums have cell >>> phones. iPhones sell like hot cakes and they are more expensive than >>> laptops. Android is more popular than iPhones, mostly because there >>> are cheap Android availables. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:56 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Some info on current Android OS and usage statistics: >>>> >>>> <http://androidcommunity.com/gingerbread-runs-on-73-of-android-devices-says-reseacher-20120201/> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
