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How do they do that? (Original Post) Scuba Jan 2013 OP
How can rich people feel properly superior if poor people have nice things? n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #1
IIRC, with nothing to back it up at all, it still doesn't keep pace with Oz inflation. Robb Jan 2013 #2
Plus he robs a gas station every 3 months fadedrose Jan 2013 #3
At gunpoint no less n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #4
A new car and a nice home on $16/hr?? SHRED Jan 2013 #5
That's $32,000 a year. BeliQueen Jan 2013 #6
Perhaps the house is not a McMansion and the car is not a Mercedes? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #7
Of course you're right. We better leave our minimum wage where it is. A Simple Game Jan 2013 #8
I am all for raising the minimum wage SHRED Jan 2013 #9
I did it for years. Started at about $14 per hour. A Simple Game Jan 2013 #10
for a single person that's a pretty decent salary uponit7771 Jan 2013 #11
I think minimum wage in the USA should be $18/hr SHRED Jan 2013 #12

Robb

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2. IIRC, with nothing to back it up at all, it still doesn't keep pace with Oz inflation.
Reply to Scuba (Original post)
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 10:52 AM
Jan 2013

But this is only a flicker of a memory, and may be wholly incorrect.

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Fumesucker

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7. Perhaps the house is not a McMansion and the car is not a Mercedes?
Reply to SHRED (Reply #5)
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:20 PM
Jan 2013

I never made that much in my life but at one time I had a nice home and a new car and enough spending money to enjoy them both.

Of course that was before Dubya was anointed resident.



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A Simple Game

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8. Of course you're right. We better leave our minimum wage where it is.
Reply to SHRED (Reply #5)
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:29 PM
Jan 2013

But then again why can't he? I don't know what his utilities cost, do you? How much is gas? Does it cost much to heat or cool his house?

Sorry I don't know the answers, I'm not an expert on Australia like you are.

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