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Re: Lucky Americans
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 22:16:14 GMT
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No, it's bloody IMPOSSIBLE to get by on $400/week POST-tax in my area, unless you
have multiple earners in a household. With rents at $1200+ for any area short of
slums around here, $400/wk barely pays the rent.
Don't get me started on that :-/
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Pat wrote:
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> > Larry,
> > Anyone making $60 an hour is indeed a lucky person. Considering that minimum
> > wage is only around $5.25 and most people consider a $10 an hour job doing
> > well. No hard feelings intended here....but some of us have to work 3 hours
> > for that same CD player, and it isn't behind a desk either.
> > No hard feelings, just think about the blue collar guys huh?
> > Pat
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> Your point is well taken, although I'd go farther and say that 10 an
> hour isn't considered by everyone as 'doing well', if that's the wage
> that a single wage earner is making. It is HARD to get by on 400 a week
> pretax (that's about 20K a year).
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| (...) Your point is well taken, although I'd go farther and say that 10 an hour isn't considered by everyone as 'doing well', if that's the wage that a single wage earner is making. It is HARD to get by on 400 a week pretax (that's about 20K a (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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